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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on Augustine's Preface, what is the perception of critics toward learning?
(a) Reliable interpretation can come from a situational application.
(b) The most reliable aids for interpretation are writings from individuals directly connected to the authors of Scriptures.
(c) They do not need aids for interpretation such as those Augustine offers.
(d) The most reliable aids for interpretation are from Scripture themselves.

2. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.
(b) Criticism from those who claim that Augustine relied too much on training and not enough on divine guidance.
(c) Criticism from those who refuse or are unable to apply it.
(d) Criticism from those who believe it is not needed.

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

4. How will studying this subject help in understanding Scripture?
(a) Understanding the dialects of the time will help to interpret discussions and analogies of Scripture.
(b) Understanding the grammar of languages will help interpret the prose and poetry of Scripture.
(c) Understanding the metaphors of the time will help bring deeper meaning to signs and parables.
(d) Understanding the regional accents of the time will help interpret phrases and word variations.

5. What does Augustine encourage his critics to remember in the Preface?
(a) To remember experiencing learning for themselves.
(b) To patiently contemplate his points before they make a judgment.
(c) To practice the rhetorical skills he embraces to make criticism more effective.
(d) To be wary of falling into the trap of heresy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two different ways a Scriptural passage can be considered, according to Book Three?

3. What is Augustine's attitude toward those who have a "special gift" for interpretation from God?

4. Why does Augustine claim that Christian students fall into the trap that prevents them from separating themselves from pagans?

5. What does Augustine reason is the consequence to human teaching if learning comes from Divine gifts?

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