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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are subjects that Augustine identifies that 'must be learned'?
(a) Dietary laws of Israel, miracles of the Pentateuch, and the sermons of Christ.
(b) Measurements of all kinds, alphabets, history, medicine and astronomy.
(c) The miracles of the Church immediately after the ascension of Christ, the languages of the Roman Empire, and the laws of Israel.
(d) The manifestations of creation throughout Scripture, every perspective of eschatology, the application of minor prophets to community.

2. If Augustine sets a standard for how to interpret Scriptural characters literally, and he applies the converse of that standard for interpreting Scriptural character's figuratively, how would that standard be articulated?
(a) A figurative interpretation of a holy Scriptural character will be applied to language and speech that embraces evil and condemns love or kindness.
(b) A figurative interpretation of a holy Scriptural character will be applied to language and speech that embraces evil and condemns love or kindness.
(c) A figurative interpretation of a holy Scriptural character will be applied to language and speech that describes condemnations on the chosen of God.
(d) A figurative interpretation of a holy Scriptural character will be applied to language and speech that defines how a sign is a thing.

3. According to Augustine, how can signs become ambiguous?
(a) By being used things that are also enjoyed.
(b) By being things that don't appear as signs.
(c) By containing misunderstood words or expressions.
(d) By being words that appear as things.

4. What does Augustine call the types of grammar used through Scripture?
(a) Rudiments.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Tropes.
(d) Dialects.

5. What are the two different ways that God and angels speak in Scripture, as identified in Book Three?
(a) In spiritual terms and human terms.
(b) Figuratively and literally.
(c) With cruelty and kindness.
(d) Of signs and things.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Three, Augustine argues that since holy men from scripture receive evil language from God because of their condition, how should the passages with such language be read?

2. What does Augustine state the student must do once the figurative and literal passages have been separated from each other?

3. According to Augustine in Book Three, what is the purpose of Scripture in reporting the condition that affects holy men?

4. What does Book Three state is the purpose of God or angels using condemning terms?

5. Based on the academic demands that Augustine places on his students, it is clear that Augustine believes what?

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