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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?
(a) That these types of critics will either understand Scripture or believe they do.
(b) That these types of critics are stagnant in their thoughts and threaten to limit the influence of Divine guidance.
(c) That these types of critics are a threat to the true Church.
(d) That these types of critics, if they gather a following around their criticism, are dangerously close to practicing heresy.

2. What is the primary tool for interpretation for the critics that Augustine primarily focuses on in the Preface?
(a) Intense study of Scripture.
(b) Investigating commentaries produced closer to the time of the authors of Scriptures.
(c) A "special gift" from God.
(d) Trial and error application to the situations for which they need Scriptural guidance.

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

4. According to Augustine, what are competing influences on an individual's thinking?
(a) Laborers and land owners.
(b) Husbands and wives.
(c) The devil and angels.
(d) Priests and Rabbis.

5. Into what two spheres does Augustine divide the natural knowledge needed for Scriptural interpretation?
(a) Literal and figurative.
(b) Truth and heresies.
(c) Things and signs.
(d) Arts and sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?

2. Of the areas that Augustine emphasizes, what area receives the most intense focus?

3. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be used?

4. By making the demands of understanding Scripture difficult, who was Augustine criticizing?

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

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