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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will studying this subject help in understanding Scripture?
(a) Understanding the metaphors of the time will help bring deeper meaning to signs and parables.
(b) Understanding the regional accents of the time will help interpret phrases and word variations.
(c) Understanding the dialects of the time will help to interpret discussions and analogies of Scripture.
(d) Understanding the grammar of languages will help interpret the prose and poetry of Scripture.

2. What is the nature of the second important distinction Augustine identifies in Book One?
(a) A sign is always a thing, but not all things are signs.
(b) Everything that is enjoyed is used, but not everything that is used is enjoyed.
(c) Encouragement is an exhortation, but not every exhortation is an encouragement.
(d) Christian love can be found within pagans, but pagan love is antithetical to Christian love.

3. What important understanding must the student of scripture possess, as stated in Book Two?
(a) He/she must understand that knowing how to use signs can lead to abusing signs.
(b) His/her own depravity and that he loves temporal things too much.
(c) He/she must understand that covetousness will disrupt the community.
(d) His/her self love can interfere with his ability to use his inner eye.

4. What is an important distinction that Augustine teaches students to understand through three Books of "On Christian Doctrine?
(a) The difference between original sin and human nature.
(b) The difference between "things" and "signs."
(c) The difference between "special gifts" and talents.
(d) The difference between sins of omission and original sin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine claim that words as signs are difficult to understand?

2. What is a requirement of Augustine's disciples?

3. According to Augustine in Book Two, in order for the student to become an effective teacher, what two skills must the student master?

4. What is the main difference between the system of learning that Augustine advocates and that advocated by the critics he focuses on in the Preface?

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

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