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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By making the demands of understanding Scripture difficult, who was Augustine criticizing?
(a) Those who felt that Scripture could be interpreted through current events.
(b) His detractors believed Scripture could be interpreted easily through special gifts.
(c) Those who believe that learning information outside of the Bible leads to heresy.
(d) Those who believe that only studying the life of Christ was sufficient to understand Scripture.

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

3. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(b) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."
(c) That God will communicate through tongues.
(d) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.

4. What does Augustine reason is the consequence to human teaching if learning comes from Divine gifts?
(a) That Divine gifts work as a validation of human teaching.
(b) That Divine gifts become the standard against which all teaching is measured.
(c) That there is no point to human teaching if learning only comes through Divine gifts.
(d) That human teaching becomes a validation of Divine gifts.

5. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?
(a) Finding what to learn from Scripture.
(b) Understanding how to convey Scripture.
(c) Understanding what one should learn from Scripture.
(d) Finding a place in a Scriptural community.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?

2. What are the two main tools that God uses to teach men what to do, as identified by Augustine?

3. What does Augustine claim is the consequence of refusing to learn in a proper setting for Scriptural learning?

4. What is the step that Augustine identifies an individual should take before entering into a proper relationship with God?

5. In Augustine's example, how can something used also be enjoyed?

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