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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items or situations does Augustine use to illustrate his distinction of things?
(a) The relationship between God and Lucifer from the story of Job.
(b) A good meal and a pot.
(c) The fall of Adam in Genesis and the murder of Able by Cain.
(d) The questions from critics who do not understand and the examples of what is perceived to be special gifts.

2. How does Augustine expect to get the knowledge that he lacks?
(a) He will collaborate with members of his church community.
(b) God will give him the knowledge that he lacks.
(c) He will confer closely with other learned Priests.
(d) He will extensively study in the library at Hippo Regius.

3. 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.

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?
(a) That these types of critics, if they gather a following around their criticism, are dangerously close to practicing heresy.
(b) That these types of critics will either understand Scripture or believe they do.
(c) That these types of critics are stagnant in their thoughts and threaten to limit the influence of Divine guidance.
(d) That these types of critics are a threat to the true Church.

5. What is the first important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?
(a) The distinction between "enjoy" and "use."
(b) The distinction between discovering what Scripture teaches and communicating it.
(c) The distinction between learning and teaching.
(d) The distinction between the Christian conception of love and the pagan conception of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Augustine suggest has the ability to know the Truth?

2. What other subject does Augustine addresses in Book Three and Book Four?

3. What was the first type of criticism Augustine suggests his work "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

4. What should be the nature of the relationship between humans and God according to Augustine?

5. Augustine wrote that the critics he mainly focuses on in the Preface base their positions on what belief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some types of tropes that Augustine discusses?

2. Why does Augustine begin his differentiation of the items that students must learn in the fashion which he does?

3. Augustine refutes his critics from the Preface with a common example. What was that example and how does Augustine use it to support his position?

4. What does Augustine recommend should be the lifestyle and focus of the Christian speaker?

5. How does Cicero detail an orator speaking in proportion with the gravity of the subject matter?

6. According to Augustine, for whom are written commands in Scripture intended?

7. What does Augustine identifies as three things that students need to use to develop responsible interpretations of Scripture?

8. What are the criticisms that Augustine predicts he will face over "On Christian Doctrine"?

9. What are the tasks of the orator according to Cicero?

10. What does Augustine identify as an important consideration when determining how many ideas words or phrases from Scripture contain?

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