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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine state an interpreter sometimes looks to to get the right meanings and right number of meanings from a passage?
(a) The original language.
(b) The author's intentions.
(c) The original manuscripts.
(d) The history of the period that the Scripture was recorded.

2. Augustine wrote that the critics he mainly focuses on in the Preface base their positions on what belief?
(a) Fear of losing their influence.
(b) A misapplication of Scripture.
(c) Resistance to accept new ideas.
(d) That they already understand Scripture.

3. What are the two categories of signs Augustine identifies in Book Two?
(a) Signs that can be used and signs that can be enjoyed.
(b) Signs that are things and signs that are words.
(c) Natural signs and given signs.
(d) Signs that are given through special gifts and signs that are given through angels.

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

5. What are the primary possessions of the student of Scripture, according to Augustine in Book Two?
(a) Love, illuminated truth, and the inner eye.
(b) Faith, hope, and love.
(c) Special gifts, things, and signs.
(d) Illuminated truth, the inner eye, and faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine consider as God's typical means of delivering His illumination?

2. What is the primary tool for interpretation for the critics that Augustine primarily focuses on in the Preface?

3. What does Augustine identify as the relationship between all other things and the object of ultimate worship?

4. Why does Augustine suggest that God would use confusing signs?

5. What does Augustine prove from the demands he expects from his students that he began defending against critics in the Preface?

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