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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."
(d) It is being logically inconsistent.

3. What Scriptural defense does Augustine use for encouraging critics to consider the validity of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Augustine argues, in his blending of Greek and Christian thoughts, that Scripture contains many examples of God using pagans to exhibit his will.
(b) Augustine argues that Scripture contains many examples of people teaching others.
(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.

4. What does Augustine identify as a necessary subject that a student must learn to understand Scripture?
(a) Records of the Council of Trent to know the points of sound doctrine.
(b) The working order of the Catholic Church to understand where to go for sound reference and guidance.
(c) The relevant languages and make all the translations he can find.
(d) The Apocrypha so the hidden meaning of Scriptural signs can be illuminated.

5. What setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?
(a) Human communities.
(b) A properly sanctioned site of Scriptural education.
(c) A private audience with a well-trained Priest.
(d) An ecclesiastical structure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the second type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

3. Augustine wrote that the critics he mainly focuses on in the Preface base their positions on what belief?

4. What was the third type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

5. What does Augustine prove from the demands he expects from his students that he began defending against critics in the Preface?

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