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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IX.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?
(a) That God has no body but loves man who does.
(b) That Christ is God and has a body.
(c) That Christ is the same as others but more enlightened.
(d) That God has emotions.
2. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?
(a) A temporary truce with lust.
(b) A marriage made in heaven.
(c) An arrangement of convenience based on lust.
(d) The best of both worlds.
3. What type of behavior is not tolerate in Rome?
(a) Showing no regard for one's parents.
(b) Refusing to stand when a teacher enters.
(c) Students who are disruptive.
(d) Spitting on the streets.
4. Why does Augustine write the confessions?
(a) For his final project in school.
(b) By order of the Pope.
(c) In order to show his sincerity to be admitted to a monk order.
(d) To find out the sources of his errors earlier in life and also to encourage the faithful in seeking truth and knowledge of God.
5. What does the book Hortensius give Augustine?
(a) A love for philosophy.
(b) Bad dreams.
(c) Knowledge to learn Greek.
(d) A desire to become a famous orator.
Short Answer Questions
1. What author does Augustine dislike?
2. Who accompanies Augustine for the holiday?
3. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?
4. From what does Augustine decide to withdraw?
5. How does Augustine possibly cross the boundaries between friendship and sex?
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