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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. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?
(a) It is intolerant.
(b) It is being heretical.
(c) It is being logically inconsistent.
(d) It is responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."

2. Augustine endeavors to answer many questions about what subject in Book One?
(a) The Christian conception of Christ's deity.
(b) The doctrine of God's omnipotence.
(c) The Christian conception of love.
(d) The doctrine of Scriptural infallibility.

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

4. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through tongues.
(b) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."
(c) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(d) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.

5. To what does Augustine compare his distinction of things?
(a) To that between instrumental and intrinsic good.
(b) To that between God and Lucifer.
(c) To that between human nature and original sin.
(d) To that between critics who do not understand and critics who believe in "special gifts."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What doctrine does Augustine introduce to explain how Truth can be seen?

3. Of these influences on individual thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches are negative to Christian thought?

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?

5. What is the second important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Christian virtue does Augustine claim that can keep negative traits in check?

2. What inference can be made from the extensive training that Augustine recommends to interpret Scripture?

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

5. 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?

6. What does Augustine write that God uses to teach men and how does that source achieve God's purpose?

7. What is the source if an individual knows more than they actually know and how does that impact Augustine's effort?

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

9. What does Augustine focus on in Book Four?

10. What topic does Augustine address in Book Three?

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