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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 identify as a necessary subject that a student must learn to understand Scripture?
(a) Records of the Council of Trent to know the points of sound doctrine.
(b) The working order of the Catholic Church to understand where to go for sound reference and guidance.
(c) The Apocrypha so the hidden meaning of Scriptural signs can be illuminated.
(d) The relevant languages and make all the translations he can find.

2. What type of language from Scriptural characters must be taken literally, according to Augustine?
(a) Any speech or language that condemns evil and recommends love or kindness.
(b) Any speech or language that describes blessings for the chosen of God.
(c) Any speech or language that defines how a thing is a sign.
(d) Any speech or language that details the authority of God.

3. What are the two primary reasons that Augustine devotes his time to those questions?
(a) God's omnipotence establishes His authority over creation and judgment.
(b) Because Scriptural infallibility affirms God's role in miracles and prophesy.
(c) The Christian conception of Christ's deity explains His resurrection and authority over forgiveness.
(d) The two commandments of Christianity to love God and to love one's neighbor.

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

5. Why does Augustine claim this knowledge is required to understand what Scripture teaches?
(a) Because knowing the language, culture, and settings of the Scriptural record guides in making correct interpretations of Scripture.
(b) Because knowing the dietary and moral laws of the Nazarites aids in understanding the life and miracles of Christ.
(c) Because knowing the history of Israel and the prophecies concerning Christ makes a full connection between Israelite and Christian Scriptures.
(d) Because knowing the demands of the law of Israel helps to understand the freedom that Christians have through the atoning death of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two different ways a Scriptural passage can be considered, according to Book Three?

2. What is the first important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?

3. What tool should pastors or speakers use occasionally to communicate the principles of Scripture to ordinary persons, as stated in Book Four?

4. According to Augustine, how should a student be affected as he/she becomes proficient in interpreting Scripture?

5. How does the approach to subject matter show itself in execution, according to Book Four?

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