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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what does Augustine wonder?
(a) The lack of even the basic morality of observance of the Ten Commandments in his vicinity.
(b) If his mother wanted him to become a philosopher.
(c) If his father was truly moral.
(d) Whether Jesus really existed.

2. How long as Augustine been a member of the Manichean sect when he is 29?
(a) 19 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

3. In what is Augustine particularly interested?
(a) How he can become successful in the church.
(b) The ways religion all led to the same place.
(c) The importance of a person's intentions.
(d) The history of the world.

4. Who leaves Augustine to return to Africa?
(a) His mother.
(b) Ambrose.
(c) His mistress of many years.
(d) His best friend Alypius.

5. What does Augustine say about people like his mother, Monica?
(a) That she had very little influence on him.
(b) That she led him astray through her wantoness.
(c) That she was the only one whose intentions were always best for Augustine.
(d) That though righteous, she did not always have the best of intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?

2. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?

3. With what is Augustine preoccupied?

4. How does Augustine leave Carthage and his mother?

5. Who offers Augustine explanations of the Manichean philosophy which does not satisfy Augustine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augustine decide about reading Scripture and interpreting it?

2. What are Augustine's reflections on life and death?

3. What did Augustine write about that involved a theft of pears and how did he feel about it?

4. Why did one of Augustine's friends abandon Christianity and what happens after that?

5. Who teaches Augustine about astrology and what does he say?

6. What did Augustine wonder about in relationship to God and the world and what are a couple of the questions he asked?

7. Where is Augustine a student in Carthage and why does he study so diligently?

8. What does Augustine believe about the men in the Bible and how does he apply that to people in general?

9. What type of job does Augustine do and where does he get his money?

10. What does Augustine say is the difference between how the simple-minded and intellectuals read and understand the Scriptures?

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