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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What about Augustine are both of his parents proud?
(a) His kindness.
(b) His appeal to women.
(c) His wit.
(d) His intellect.

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

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 desire for goodness without being good.
(c) The good of the earth tainted by Satan.
(d) The hopes for fruit without labor.

5. What is better to seek after than earthly pleasures?
(a) Marriage and propagating as God commanded.
(b) Joyful living with God.
(c) To be kind to all.
(d) Heaven through being an ascetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?

2. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?

3. How does Augustine view the holy men of the Bible?

4. When does Augustine believe a person starts sinning?

5. Why does Augustine get in trouble?

(see the answer key)

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