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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 setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?
(a) A properly sanctioned site of Scriptural education.
(b) Human communities.
(c) A private audience with a well-trained Priest.
(d) An ecclesiastical structure.

2. According to Augustine, for what reason should one love oneself?
(a) One should only love oneself if they can discern signs from things.
(b) One should only love oneself if they have seen illuminated truth.
(c) One should only love oneself on account of God.
(d) One should only love oneself if God endowed him with understanding for interpretation.

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

4. What does Augustine write is incompatible with love?
(a) Using things for non-Scriptural purposes is incompatible with love.
(b) Coveting things for one's self is incompatible with love.
(c) Using things without the goal of enjoying them is incompatible with love.
(d) Using things without seeking wisdom is incompatible with love.

5. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?
(a) They are the items that God puts before Christians to use.
(b) They are all items that fall under God's authority.
(c) They are ordinary objects that are not used to signify something.
(d) They are the items that God puts before Christians to enjoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Augustine's perception of God's dispensation of "special gifts" of interpreting Scripture?

2. What does Augustine claim is the consequence of refusing to learn in a proper setting for Scriptural learning?

3. What does Augustine recommend to avoid the negative influences on individual thought?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three things that Augustine writes that humans can do with one of the items of his focus in Book One?

2. To what sect of Christianity did Tyconius belong and and why is it ironic that Augustine references his rules of interpretation?

3. About what subject does Augustine want to answer many questions in Book One and for what two reasons does he want to answer them?

4. What are the two subject matters into which Augustine divides the four books in "Of Christian Doctrine"?

5. What are the first two points that Augustine uses to begin his refutation of the critics he focuses upon in the Preface?

6. How does Augustine suggest interpretations of Scripture should affect the subject about which he wants to answer many questions and how should that affect the student seeking to interpret Scripture?

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

8. What is Augustine's focus in Book One?

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

10. What does Augustine focus on in Book Four?

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