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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does God work?
(a) In ways that are lofty.
(b) Mysterious ways.
(c) In ways that are perfectly logical.
(d) In a roundabout way.

2. Where does Monica want Augustine to be?
(a) In Florence.
(b) In Carthage and Africa.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In the Vatican.

3. Who writes Hortensius?
(a) Plato.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Homer.

4. What sort of philosophy does Augustine have?
(a) Materialistic.
(b) Fundamentalist.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Hedonist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine write the confessions?

2. What does Ambrose say to bring to the tombs of the saints?

3. What happens when men act wickedly?

4. Where does Augustine go to study?

5. Why does Augustine believe it is not the motion of the heavenly bodies that determines the length of a day?

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