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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Based on Augustine's Preface, what is the perception of critics toward learning?
2. What is the second important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?
3. What was the second type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?
4. Augustine endeavors to answer many questions about what subject in Book One?
5. Augustine wrote that the critics he mainly focuses on in the Preface base their positions on what belief?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is a point that Augustine makes about the love of God that confronts his critics that claim "special gifts" needed to interpret scripture?
3. How does Cicero detail an orator speaking in proportion with the gravity of the subject matter?
4. What are the seven rules of interpretation that Augustine used from Tyconius' book of Rules?
5. According to Augustine, for whom are written commands in Scripture intended?
6. What are the two items that Augustine writes that students must differentiate to learn what Scripture teaches?
7. What is a technique that Augustine uses to determine the meaning of a passage that cannot be discovered by simply reading the passage?
8. What self-knowledge does Augustine write that students need and what steps does Augustine suggest for them to overcome the limits of that self-knowledge to learn to interpret Scripture?
9. What topic does Augustine address in Book Three?
10. What does Augustine claim is one of the causes of a sign's ambiguity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Augustine requires his students to be motivated by the Christian commands to love God and to love their neighbors. Explain which is easier to show, love of God or love of neighbors. Identify how each is demonstrated and how love of one can contribute to showing love for the other.
Essay Topic 2
Motivations play an important role in Augustine's requirements for Scriptural interpreters. Identify a scandal involving a modern-day Christian leader and detail how the actions that led to the scandal prove misguided motivations that violated the principles of Christian love as defined by Augustine.
Essay Topic 3
In the Preface, Augustine explains that refusing to learn from trained and experienced human teachers eliminates an aspiring student from benefiting from communities built upon the principles of Christian love. Identify the principles of the Christian love that Augustine promotes and explain the role that the student is to take in relationship of the community and experienced and trained teachers of Scripture.
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