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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 recommend to avoid the negative influences on individual thought?
(a) Isolating from temptations.
(b) Regular participation in church activities.
(c) Devoting regular time in prayer to become sensitive to Divine guidance.
(d) Paying careful attention to rules for Scriptural learning.

2. What does it mean that Augustine requires his students to have such broad knowledge to master his course?
(a) That learning from Augustine was all absorbing and time consuming.
(b) That he believes that finding the meaning of scripture can only be done through intense and careful study.
(c) That he was preparing them for other professions should they not prove adept at teaching.
(d) That he was a hard taskmaster with high expectations of his students.

3. Augustine endeavors to answer many questions about what subject in Book One?
(a) The Christian conception of love.
(b) The doctrine of God's omnipotence.
(c) The doctrine of Scriptural infallibility.
(d) The Christian conception of Christ's deity.

4. What are some of the practices of these categories in which humans must not participate?
(a) Attempting to reconcile truth with heresy.
(b) Superstition and astrology.
(c) Teaching literal spheres as figurative spheres.
(d) Using special gifts to attempt to convert things to signs.

5. What is the personal challenge that Augustine puts before his students who aspire to deliver sermons?
(a) That they possess the courage to stand against conflict.
(b) They must live a Christian life.
(c) They need to find sufficient time for seclusion with God.
(d) That they fully apply the lessons learned from the studies proscribed in "On Christian Doctrine."

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on the academic demands that Augustine places on his students, it is clear that Augustine believes what?

2. What is Augustine's attitude toward those who have a "special gift" for interpretation from God?

3. Why does Augustine claim that words as signs are difficult to understand?

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?

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

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