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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Book Two, what is the most important knowledge a student of scripture can have?
(a) He must know the difference between things and signs.
(b) He must know the canon of Scripture well.
(c) He must know how to use the inner eye.
(d) He must the difference between things that are used and things that are enjoyed.

2. What does Augustine identify as the relationship between all other things and the object of ultimate worship?
(a) All other things are used as a means to enjoy the Trinity.
(b) Other things are intended to be used as a means of exhibiting Christian love.
(c) All other things can be used for God's purposes through the application of special gifts.
(d) Other things are intended to be used as a means of exhibiting Christian love.

3. Why does Augustine claim that words as signs are difficult to understand?
(a) Because God created with words and wants believers to know their impact.
(b) Because God inspires believers to master tongues and interpret signs.
(c) Because God provides Scriptural complexity to satisfy a hard-working mind.
(d) Because words as signs are only understood within a scriptural context.

4. What are the three things that Augustine claims that interpretations of Scripture should build up?
(a) Hope, signs, and the inner eye.
(b) The inner eye, love, and illuminated truth.
(c) Special gifts, community, and signs.
(d) Faith, hope and love.

5. According to Augustine, how can signs become ambiguous?
(a) By being words that appear as things.
(b) By being things that don't appear as signs.
(c) By being used things that are also enjoyed.
(d) By containing misunderstood words or expressions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the primary possessions of the student of Scripture, according to Augustine in Book Two?

2. What is the logical inconsistency of the critics that Augustine confronts in the Preface?

3. What comes of loving oneself for reasons other than that which Augustine specified?

4. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?

5. What was the third type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

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