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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. Of these influences on individual thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches are negative to Christian thought?
(a) A spouse can distract a Christian with the "needs of this world."
(b) A Rabbi can distract a Christian from the "Final Propitiation."
(c) Land owners can convince Christians that the blessings of God are demonstrated through material riches.
(d) The devil can mislead someone to think that a Christian knows more than they do.

2. What is the step that Augustine identifies an individual should take before entering into a proper relationship with God?
(a) An individual's eyes must be purged and God's plan and healing must be followed.
(b) An individual must sell all possessions and give the money to the Priest.
(c) An individual must leave their mother and father and cleave to the Church.
(d) An individual must repent of their sins and be baptized.

3. What should be the nature of the relationship between humans and God according to Augustine?
(a) Humans should fear the authority of God over judgment.
(b) Humans should submit to God's authority.
(c) God should be enjoyed by humans.
(d) Humans should become like God.

4. How does Augustine relate Truth and God?
(a) God created truth, but humans misuse things to reject truth.
(b) God creates things and things can be used to prove truth.
(c) God creates things and Truth, but the way humans use things and accept Truth determines whether humans enjoy the experience.
(d) Truth is based upon an unchanging standard and God is that unchanging standard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?

3. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?

4. What Scriptural defense does Augustine use for encouraging critics to consider the validity of "On Christian Doctrine"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Upon which type of critics does Augustine focus his attention in the preface?

3. What are the seven rules of interpretation that Augustine used from Tyconius' book of Rules?

4. What is a technique that Augustine uses to determine the meaning of a passage that cannot be discovered by simply reading the passage?

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

6. What is Augustine's focus in Book Two?

7. What is Augustine's view of "special gifts"?

8. What does Augustine recommend as the best method for acquiring rhetorical skill?

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

10. What doctrine do Augustine's critics apply to interpreting Scripture?

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