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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Augustine suggest has the ability to know the Truth?
(a) All minds.
(b) All minds joined in community.
(c) Minds God endowed with special gifts.
(d) Illuminated minds.

2. What does Augustine consider as God's typical means of delivering His illumination?
(a) Using humans to deliver His illumination.
(b) Using the"still quiet moments" to deliver His illumination.
(c) Using nature to deliver His illumination.
(d) Using adversity to deliver His illumination.

3. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?
(a) It is intolerant.
(b) It is being heretical.
(c) It is being logically inconsistent.
(d) It is responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."

4. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?
(a) Finding a place in a Scriptural community.
(b) Understanding what one should learn from Scripture.
(c) Finding what to learn from Scripture.
(d) Understanding how to convey Scripture.

5. What was the first type of criticism Augustine suggests his work "On Christian Doctrine" would face?
(a) Criticism from those who cannot grasp his teaching.
(b) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.
(c) Criticism that blending Greek and Christian philosophies was heretical.
(d) Criticism that his moral demands would be restricted to pagan converts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be used?

2. What is an important distinction that Augustine teaches students to understand through three Books of "On Christian Doctrine?

3. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?

4. What is the primary tool for interpretation for the critics that Augustine primarily focuses on in the Preface?

5. How does Augustine relate Truth and God?

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