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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine claim to be the central law of love and the message of Christianity?
(a) That the one illuminated truth is to love thy neighbor who loves God.
(b) That one should love God and love thy neighbor.
(c) That one should find illuminated truth to love God and thy neighbor.
(d) That one thing that is illuminated truth is loving God and then thy neighbor.

2. From what type of education does Augustine develop his curriculum of Scriptural learning?
(a) A classical education.
(b) A Hasidic education.
(c) A Nazarene education.
(d) An ecclesiastical education.

3. What ethical principle of the Bible does Augustine require for students to use as a guide for interpretation of Scripture?
(a) The principle of love.
(b) The principle of the omnipotence of God.
(c) The principle of original sin.
(d) The principle of God's authority over judgment.

4. According to Book Three, what is the cause of Christians who are not diligent in separating themselves from pagans?
(a) Students will not be diligent in checking their pride as their learning increases.
(b) Students will take their time in seclusion to focus on themselves rather than enjoying the presence of God.
(c) A Christian will confuse things as signs to be symbols of God.
(d) A Christian will attach a figurative meaning to a passage intended to be read literally.

5. Who does Augustine suggest has the ability to know the Truth?
(a) Minds God endowed with special gifts.
(b) Illuminated minds.
(c) All minds.
(d) All minds joined in community.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Augustine relate Truth and God?

2. According to Augustine, how should a student be affected as he/she becomes proficient in interpreting Scripture?

3. What facts of Scripture does Augustine set as the foundation for understanding it?

4. What is ironic about the fact that Augustine referred to Tyconius' "Book of Rules" as being useful for the interpretation of Scripture?

5. What is the nature of the second important distinction Augustine identifies in Book One?

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