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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important step Augustine's students must take to avoid the trap he sees in interpretation?
(a) Students need to differentiate the love for God from the love for things common among the pagans.
(b) Students need to submit themselves to the process of purging their selfish desires.
(c) Students need to devote themselves to studying the subjects Augustine recommended in Book Two.
(d) Students need to submit themselves to the scrutiny of a wise teacher who can dissuade them from becoming prideful.

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

3. What does Augustine write is incompatible with love?
(a) Using things without the goal of enjoying them is incompatible with love.
(b) Coveting things for one's self is incompatible with love.
(c) Using things for non-Scriptural purposes is incompatible with love.
(d) Using things without seeking wisdom is incompatible with love.

4. How can recommendations Augustine makes from Book Three prevent students from falling into the trap that misleads them?
(a) Augustine warns against allowing the increased knowledge of students from developing into pride.
(b) Augustine painstakingly differentiates between signs and things to guide students away from misapplying both.
(c) Augustine recommends that students learn the culture, language, and history from the periods that Scripture was written to develop the skill to interpret Scripture intelligently.
(d) Augustine devotes much of Book Two to detailing the demands on the serious student of Scripture.

5. What does Augustine claim is the consequence of refusing to learn in a proper setting for Scriptural learning?
(a) The student does not learn from the experience of a learned devotee of Scripture.
(b) The student loses the opportunity to participate in mutual love.
(c) The student does not receive access to the types of references that make learning complete.
(d) The student does not benefit from an environment that has been modeled by Scriptural standards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine expect the method of accessing knowledge he lacks to be successful?

2. How will studying this subject help in understanding Scripture?

3. What are subjects that Augustine identifies that 'must be learned'?

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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