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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the three things Augustine identifies as how God inspires His children?
(a) His death, resurrection, and promise of return.
(b) His illuminated truths, special gifts, and signs.
(c) The promise of His return, His illuminated truths, and signs.
(d) Signs, things, and enjoyment.

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

3. By the end of Book Two, Augustine devoted much of this text to refuting critics who believe Scriptural interpretation comes simply. What does this infer of Augustine's methods of debate?
(a) Augustine is obsessive and relentlessly badgers his critics into submission.
(b) Augustine confronts his critics with thorough investigation and lets his text prove his integrity.
(c) Augustine is personally offended with critics and chooses to punish those who most support him.
(d) Augustine chooses to overwhelm his critics with so much information that they lose track of their arguments.

4. How does Augustine relate Truth and God?
(a) God creates things and Truth, but the way humans use things and accept Truth determines whether humans enjoy the experience.
(b) God creates things and things can be used to prove truth.
(c) God created truth, but humans misuse things to reject truth.
(d) Truth is based upon an unchanging standard and God is that unchanging standard.

5. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Criticism from those who refuse or are unable to apply it.
(b) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.
(c) Criticism from those who claim that Augustine relied too much on training and not enough on divine guidance.
(d) Criticism from those who believe it is not needed.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Book Two, what is the most important knowledge a student of scripture can have?

2. In Augustine's example, how can something used also be enjoyed?

3. What basic fact do the critics discussed in the Preface ignore by discounting teaching from Augustine and others?

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

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

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