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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the two categories of signs Augustine identifies in Book Two?
2. By making the demands of understanding Scripture difficult, who was Augustine criticizing?
3. What are the two types of signs in Book Two?
4. What important understanding must the student of scripture possess, as stated in Book Two?
5. What does Augustine state signs are regardless of whether they want to be?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Book Four focuses on the significance of rhetorical skill in the defense of Scriptural interpretation, yet Augustine chooses not to teach rhetoric and advises his students to study people who are effective rhetoricians. Compare learning rhetorical skill from a textbook to learning it directly from someone who demonstrates the gifts for using rhetoric effectively. Choose someone you know to be a public speaker and identify techniques that person uses to effectively communicate with an audience and how you could apply their style to your deliveries.
Essay Topic 2
Augustine wrote of the unchangeable nature of Truth and Wisdom, yet many of the most useful things for learning today, (computers, smart phones, mp3 storage devices, the Internet) change at a rapid pace. Compare learning from Truth and Wisdom. Explain how things that are used for learning today can be used to validate what Augustine defines as Truth and Wisdom, as well as how they can be misused to lead someone away from those virtues.
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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