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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?
(a) They are ordinary objects that are not used to signify something.
(b) They are the items that God puts before Christians to enjoy.
(c) They are the items that God puts before Christians to use.
(d) They are all items that fall under God's authority.

2. How can recommendations Augustine makes from Book Three prevent students from falling into the trap that misleads them?
(a) Augustine warns against allowing the increased knowledge of students from developing into pride.
(b) Augustine devotes much of Book Two to detailing the demands on the serious student of Scripture.
(c) Augustine painstakingly differentiates between signs and things to guide students away from misapplying both.
(d) Augustine recommends that students learn the culture, language, and history from the periods that Scripture was written to develop the skill to interpret Scripture intelligently.

3. Who does Augustine suggest has the ability to know the Truth?
(a) All minds joined in community.
(b) Minds God endowed with special gifts.
(c) Illuminated minds.
(d) All minds.

4. What important understanding must the student of scripture possess, as stated in Book Two?
(a) His/her own depravity and that he loves temporal things too much.
(b) He/she must understand that covetousness will disrupt the community.
(c) He/she must understand that knowing how to use signs can lead to abusing signs.
(d) His/her self love can interfere with his ability to use his inner eye.

5. From what type of education does Augustine develop his curriculum of Scriptural learning?
(a) A classical education.
(b) A Hasidic education.
(c) An ecclesiastical education.
(d) A Nazarene education.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Book Three, what is the cause of Christians who are not diligent in separating themselves from pagans?

2. What comes of loving oneself for reasons other than that which Augustine specified?

3. According to Augustine in Book Three, what is a condition that affects holy men and God's commands of them?

4. What is ironic about the fact that Augustine referred to Tyconius' "Book of Rules" as being useful for the interpretation of Scripture?

5. What Augustine accomplished with his first three books from "On Christian Doctrine"?

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