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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Augustine unable to believe in Jesus?
(a) He thinks Christ would be defiled by being born of the Virgin Mary.
(b) He thinks Jesus is too good to be true.
(c) He thinks Jesus wasn't a real person.
(d) He thinks it is impossible for God to be also human.

2. What indicates that Augustine is not quite ready to fully embrace the way of being a priest of Christianity?
(a) He has not yet divorced his wife.
(b) He still has a mistress.
(c) He still goes to the houses of "ill repute."
(d) He still attends Manichean rites.

3. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?
(a) So that at least his sexual lust would have produced a family.
(b) For the prestige that a marriage could have brought.
(c) So his mother could be taken care of.
(d) So that he wouldn't have to become a monk.

4. For what is the stealing of the pear a metaphor?
(a) Those who grab the fruits of goodness without having the spirit of righteousness.
(b) The hopes for fruit without labor.
(c) The desire for goodness without being good.
(d) The good of the earth tainted by Satan.

5. Who is Victorinus?
(a) A man who is studying the Greek gods with Augustine.
(b) A man who translates the Platonist texts into Latin.
(c) A man who translates the Platonist texts into Gaelic.
(d) A man who translates the Platonist texts into modern Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine get in trouble?

2. What is the Fables of Manes?

3. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?

4. Who offers Augustine explanations of the Manichean philosophy which does not satisfy Augustine?

5. Who has Augustine already studied much?

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