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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is a flaw in the book in number 70? (from Book IV)

It's thesis is flawed.

It has only one premise and no synthesis.

It uses poor logic.

It ignores the possibility of God's existence.

2.

Why should Monica think Rome is a good place for Augustine? (from Book V)

He might meet the Pope.

He can see the wages of sin of the Roman Empire.

Because he is close to the heart of Christianity.

His asthma will benefit by the dry air.

3.

What happens to Verecundus before his death? (from Book IX)

He converts to Manicheanism.

He is ex-communicated.

He is baptized.

He has a vision of angels hovering around him.

4.

By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed? (from Book IV)

By his inability to corrupt his friends faith.

By his friend's miraculous recovery.

By the task set before him by God.

By the power of sin and death.

5.

What story does Augustine learn from a man named Firminus? (from Book VII)

Of the fact that twins always have the same fates.

Of how Jesus used the stars to predict events.

Of a time when astrology really was accurate.

About the son of a rich man and the son of a slave are born at almost the exact same time, and under the same stars.

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