Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are things separated by Augustine?
2. What does Augustine claim to be the central law of love and the message of Christianity?
3. According to Augustine, for what reason should one love oneself?
4. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
5. What doctrine does Augustine introduce to explain how Truth can be seen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two items that Augustine writes that students must differentiate to learn what Scripture teaches?
2. What tool does Augustine write that a pastor can use to help make Scripture understandable?
3. What relationship does Augustine write humans should have with God? What does Augustine write must humans do before they can enter this relationship?
4. What does Augustine identify as a trope and how does it affect interpretation of Scripture?
5. Why does Augustine claim the topic of Book Three is so difficult?
6. What does Augustine identifies as three things that students need to use to develop responsible interpretations of Scripture?
7. What does Augustine recommend to orators who use speech writers?
8. What does Augustine claim are the two types of signs and how are they defined?
9. What does Augustine claim is one of the causes of a sign's ambiguity?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare lifestyles from the Old Testament (2,000 B.C.-500 B.C.), life in the late Roman Empire during the life of Augustine (354 A.D.-430 A.D.), and during the 21st Century. Write an analysis of how life in the Roman Empire of Augustine is similar to Old Testament times and how it is similar to the America of the 21st Century. Conclude with details of difficulties for a modern student to has for relating to the culture and life of the Old Testament and life in Augustine's Roman empire and steps a modern student would have to take to overcome those difficulties.
Essay Topic 2
Augustine requires his students to learn history and ancient languages in order to properly interpret Scripture. Identify and detail three reasons he makes this requirement and explain how his expectations could serve a student looking into other areas of study. Plan an order for learning the skills that Augustine recommends for responsible Scriptural interpretation and explain why you would follow the courses in that order.
Essay Topic 3
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.
|
This section contains 922 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
