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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Augustine endeavors to answer many questions about what subject in Book One?
(a) The Christian conception of love.
(b) The doctrine of God's omnipotence.
(c) The doctrine of Scriptural infallibility.
(d) The Christian conception of Christ's deity.

3. According to Augustine in Book Two, in order for the student to become an effective teacher, what two skills must the student master?
(a) Navigation and philosophy.
(b) Logic and rhetoric.
(c) Arts and sciences.
(d) Prophecy and signs.

4. What Scriptural defense does Augustine use for encouraging critics to consider the validity of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Augustine argues that Scripture contains many examples of people teaching others.
(b) Augustine argues, in his blending of Greek and Christian thoughts, that Scripture contains many examples of God using pagans to exhibit his will.
(c) Augustine argues that Scripture does not negate any teaching extrapolated from Scripture.
(d) Augustine argues that Scripture is the foundation of his writing, so his effort is divinely inspired.

5. To what does Augustine compare his distinction of things?
(a) To that between God and Lucifer.
(b) To that between instrumental and intrinsic good.
(c) To that between human nature and original sin.
(d) To that between critics who do not understand and critics who believe in "special gifts."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What hazard does Augustine state must one keep in check as they learn of the fields pertaining to Scripture?

3. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?

4. What does Augustine reason, from the scriptural reference regarding the hazard of learning, that a student must be sure to develop.

5. What comes of loving oneself for reasons other than that which Augustine specified?

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