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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of these influences on personal thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches can lead a Christian to positive patterns?
(a) That God always calls His chosen people to work productively.
(b) That Priests are a model of what St. Paul inferred in Hebrews was the "Priesthood of Believers," and are therefore a legitimate source of guidance.
(c) That God uses angels to direct men to human communities to learn.
(d) That "leaving and cleaving" that forms marriage is a reflection of God's character.

2. What other subject does Augustine addresses in Book Three and Book Four?
(a) Teaching the doctrines of Scripture.
(b) Understanding how to learn from Scripture.
(c) Understanding how to convey what one learned from Scripture.
(d) Understanding how scripture develops community.

3. What is the source of teaching Augustine most advocates?
(a) Angels guiding human teachers in spiritual communities.
(b) God directing the student to understand His role in Scripture.
(c) Christ dispensing special gifts without communities.
(d) Human teachers in human communities.

4. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.
(b) That God will communicate through tongues.
(c) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(d) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."

5. What is Augustine's perception of God's dispensation of "special gifts" of interpreting Scripture?
(a) Dispensing of such gifts is atypical.
(b) That they precede periods of peace and prosperity.
(c) That they follow miraculous events.
(d) That they follow periods of oppression of those seeking His blessings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine write is incompatible with love?

2. What is the problem for the critics that Augustine addresses in the Preface when they choose to teach?

3. What are the two main tools that God uses to teach men what to do, as identified by Augustine?

4. To what does Augustine compare his distinction of things?

5. What does Augustine encourage his critics to remember in the Preface?

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