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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine teach?
(a) Liberal arts and rhetoric.
(b) Painting and architecture.
(c) Theology.
(d) Algebra and Calculus.

2. What does Augustine find odd about Hortensius?
(a) It is very strongly biased towards Christianity.
(b) He is a very religious man.
(c) It is written in Hebrew.
(d) It does not promote any religion or sect.

3. Which of Augustine's friends laughed at predicting the future through stargazing?
(a) Archemenon.
(b) Nebridius.
(c) Serpius.
(d) Neferdata.

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

5. When does Augustine believe a person starts sinning?
(a) Never.
(b) When one becomes married.
(c) Right at infancy.
(d) At puberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was the book he lost dedicated?

2. Why do Augustine and his friends steal a pear?

3. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?

4. Why does Augustine read books of rhetoric?

5. How is Augustine a paradox within himself?

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