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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 Book Three state is the purpose of God or angels using condemning terms?
(a) In relation to destroying evil or lust.
(b) To identify human nature.
(c) To announce judgment.
(d) To announce displeasure with human conduct.

2. What basic fact do the critics discussed in the Preface ignore by discounting teaching from Augustine and others?
(a) Many writers have intensely studied Scriptures and have left their impressions for their use.
(b) The works of writers closer to the time of the authors of Scripture are frequently incomplete, disjointed, and often unverifiable.
(c) The fact that they learned important tools, such as the alphabet, from other humans.
(d) Trial and error application often give non-Christians the opportunity to "mock God."

3. What does Augustine identify as a necessary subject that a student must learn to understand Scripture?
(a) Records of the Council of Trent to know the points of sound doctrine.
(b) The relevant languages and make all the translations he can find.
(c) The Apocrypha so the hidden meaning of Scriptural signs can be illuminated.
(d) The working order of the Catholic Church to understand where to go for sound reference and guidance.

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

5. How can recommendations Augustine makes from Book Three prevent students from falling into the trap that misleads them?
(a) Augustine devotes much of Book Two to detailing the demands on the serious student of Scripture.
(b) Augustine warns against allowing the increased knowledge of students from developing into pride.
(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 painstakingly differentiates between signs and things to guide students away from misapplying both.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the topic of Book Three?

2. What ethical principle of the Bible does Augustine require for students to use as a guide for interpretation of Scripture?

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

4. According to Augustine in Book Two, in order for the student to become an effective teacher, what two skills must the student master?

5. What are the two types of signs in Book Two?

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