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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two different ways a Scriptural passage can be considered, according to Book Three?
(a) They can be considered linguistically or grammatically.
(b) They can be considered figuratively or literally.
(c) They can be considered culturally or historically.
(d) They can be considered as details of things or details of signs.

2. What is the first important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?
(a) The distinction between discovering what Scripture teaches and communicating it.
(b) The distinction between the Christian conception of love and the pagan conception of love.
(c) The distinction between "enjoy" and "use."
(d) The distinction between learning and teaching.

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

4. According to Augustine, of the different forms through which the grammar types show themselves, which is, by definition, the most difficult to interpret?
(a) The sarcasm because it is often undetectable unless the intended tone of the writer is examined.
(b) The riddle because it often requires an answer that was even hidden in the day it was given.
(c) The poem because it relies heavily on metaphor, hyperbole, and enigma.
(d) The catachresis because of its "misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect."

5. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?
(a) It is being heretical.
(b) It is responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."
(c) It is being logically inconsistent.
(d) It is intolerant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Book Three, what is the cause of Christians who are not diligent in separating themselves from pagans?

3. What does Augustine state the student must do once the figurative and literal passages have been separated from each other?

4. What is the significance of Augustine recommending mastery of so many fields in Book Two?

5. What should be the nature of the relationship between humans and God according to Augustine?

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