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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Augustine suggest that God would use confusing signs?
(a) Because God wants his community to work through things and signs.
(b) Because humans find grasping the nature of things by analogy more satisfying.
(c) Because God wants students to examine Scripture so they can discover His illuminated truth.
(d) Because God wants students to understand the context of words.

2. According to Book Two, what is the most important knowledge a student of scripture can have?
(a) He must know the difference between things and signs.
(b) He must know the canon of Scripture well.
(c) He must the difference between things that are used and things that are enjoyed.
(d) He must know how to use the inner eye.

3. What is a requirement of Augustine's disciples?
(a) To understand God's revelation.
(b) To use their "inner eye."
(c) To use their "special gift."
(d) To identify signs and their role in Scriptural learning.

4. What are the mix of subjects that Augustine emphasizes in his education?
(a) Dietary law, moral law, laws of separation and laws of exclusion.
(b) Mosaic Law, dietary law, Biblical civil law, sacrificial law, and order of the Tabernacle and Temple.
(c) Rhetoric, philosophy, logic, botany, astronomy, languages and history.
(d) The history of the Pentateuch, the laws of prophets, and the writings of the Minor Prophets.

5. What does Augustine identify as a necessary subject that a student must learn to understand Scripture?
(a) The working order of the Catholic Church to understand where to go for sound reference and guidance.
(b) Records of the Council of Trent to know the points of sound doctrine.
(c) The relevant languages and make all the translations he can find.
(d) The Apocrypha so the hidden meaning of Scriptural signs can be illuminated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two types of signs in Book Two?

2. What are subjects that Augustine identifies that 'must be learned'?

3. Upon what does Augustine say the student of Scripture must rely during his studies?

4. What does Augustine recommend as methods for handling the topic in Book Three?

5. What is ironic about the fact that Augustine referred to Tyconius' "Book of Rules" as being useful for the interpretation of Scripture?

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