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

2. What is the source of teaching Augustine most advocates?
(a) Angels guiding human teachers in spiritual communities.
(b) Human teachers in human communities.
(c) Christ dispensing special gifts without communities.
(d) God directing the student to understand His role in Scripture.

3. What does Augustine identify as the relationship between all other things and the object of ultimate worship?
(a) All other things are used as a means to enjoy the Trinity.
(b) Other things are intended to be used as a means of exhibiting Christian love.
(c) All other things can be used for God's purposes through the application of special gifts.
(d) Other things are intended to be used as a means of exhibiting Christian love.

4. What is the nature of the second important distinction Augustine identifies in Book One?
(a) Encouragement is an exhortation, but not every exhortation is an encouragement.
(b) Everything that is enjoyed is used, but not everything that is used is enjoyed.
(c) Christian love can be found within pagans, but pagan love is antithetical to Christian love.
(d) A sign is always a thing, but not all things are signs.

5. Based on Augustine's Preface, what is the perception of critics toward learning?
(a) The most reliable aids for interpretation are from Scripture themselves.
(b) They do not need aids for interpretation such as those Augustine offers.
(c) The most reliable aids for interpretation are writings from individuals directly connected to the authors of Scriptures.
(d) Reliable interpretation can come from a situational application.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items or situations does Augustine use to illustrate his distinction of things?

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

3. What are the two main tools that God uses to teach men what to do, as identified by Augustine?

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

5. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augustine focus on in Book Four?

2. Augustine supports students learning in a certain human gathering. What are these human gatherings called and what can students get from them that they cannot get from "special gifts"?

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 are some types of tropes that Augustine discusses?

5. What topic does Augustine address in Book Three?

6. What does Augustine identify as the purpose of giving a sermon?

7. What subjects does Augustine recommend that students lea to interpret scripture?

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

9. Why does Augustine claim the topic of Book Three is so difficult?

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

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