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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two general confusions that Augustine says come from Christians who do not differentiate themselves from pagans?
(a) Emotions will become the focus of worship and Christian community will crumble.
(b) Signs are treated as things and things are treated as signs.
(c) Individuals will be led to worship the creation rather than the Creator.
(d) Students will attempt to win supporters to their views and Christian community will be broken.

2. What is the moral value of public speaking, according to Augustine in Book Four?
(a) Public speaking is inherently evil since it can lead to the deliverer to feel"...puffed up."
(b) Public speaking shows that the student developed a moral quality that allows public attention.
(c) Public speaking is morally neutral.
(d) Delivering Scriptural sermons is a morally cleansing experience since it calls the speaker to integrity.

3. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?
(a) It is being heretical.
(b) It is responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."
(c) It is intolerant.
(d) It is being logically inconsistent.

4. Books One, Two, and Three focused on interpreting Scripture. Upon what did Augustine focus for Book Four?
(a) Paraphrasing Scripture.
(b) Translating Scripture.
(c) Applying Scripture.
(d) Presenting Scripture.

5. In approaching this distinction, what is Augustine's first focus in Book One?
(a) On original sin.
(b) On "special gifts."
(c) On things as things.
(d) On sins of omission.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of these influences on individual thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches are negative to Christian thought?

2. What will happen if Christians do not use the device Augustine resists teaching in Book Four?

3. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be used?

4. In Book Three, Augustine argues that since holy men from scripture receive evil language from God because of their condition, how should the passages with such language be read?

5. What does Augustine claim to be the central law of love and the message of Christianity?

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