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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when men act wickedly?
(a) They enjoy evil passions.
(b) They do damage to their own soul.
(c) They are punished either now or later.
(d) They chose their will and not God's.

2. What does Simplicianus tell Augustine Victorinus does before his recent passing?
(a) Converts to the Manichean sect.
(b) Prophesizes that Augustine will be a lion of God.
(c) Prophesizes that Augustine will die in sin.
(d) Converted to Christianity.

3. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?
(a) A deep depression.
(b) A pit of despair.
(c) The a life of glory for God.
(d) Sin and lustful behavior.

4. What is Augustine thinking of doing?
(a) Going on a mission to Britain.
(b) Moving back to Carthage.
(c) Marrying.
(d) Taking vows as a monk.

5. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?
(a) The power to change people.
(b) The money philosophers make in those days.
(c) Pride at being smarter than many other of his peers.
(d) His father's desire for him to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortensius promote?

2. How does Augustine possibly cross the boundaries between friendship and sex?

3. Why does Simplicianus have to stop teaching rhetoric?

4. At the beginning of this book, where is Augustine a student?

5. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?

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