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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 struggle to learn in school?
(a) To learn Latin grammar and works by Virgil, such as the Aeneid.
(b) To get along well with his classmates.
(c) To be humble when he knows more than the teachers.
(d) To learn the rules of mathematics.

2. Why does he prefer that sect at that time in his life?
(a) Because it was simple.
(b) Because it seemed more logical.
(c) Because it did not ask much of him.
(d) Because it fit in better with his lifestyle at that time.

3. What is a flaw in the book in number 70?
(a) It uses poor logic.
(b) It ignores the possibility of God's existence.
(c) It's thesis is flawed.
(d) It has only one premise and no synthesis.

4. Why does Augustine get in trouble?
(a) He believes he deserves a better life.
(b) He has no discipline.
(c) He follows his friends who are smarter than he.
(d) He is angry with his father.

5. What notion does Augustine attack?
(a) That if one studies diligently, one can come to understand how the world works.
(b) That women are not equal to men.
(c) The idea of the innocence of childhood.
(d) That there is no wrong behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?

2. What does Augustine feel when he reads of Zeus engaging in fornication and being powerful?

3. What do the Manicheans believe when one their "Elect" digest food gifts?

4. How does Augustine later view the Manichean myths?

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

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