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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Criticism from those who refuse or are unable to apply it.
(b) Criticism from those who believe it is not needed.
(c) Criticism from those who claim that Augustine relied too much on training and not enough on divine guidance.
(d) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.

2. What form do these grammar types take?
(a) Prose, poem, dissertation, and story.
(b) Poem, metaphor, sarcasm, and hyperbole.
(c) Hyperbole, riddle, song, and parable.
(d) Allegory, enigma, parable, and catachresis.

3. What is the source of teaching Augustine most advocates?
(a) Christ dispensing special gifts without communities.
(b) God directing the student to understand His role in Scripture.
(c) Angels guiding human teachers in spiritual communities.
(d) Human teachers in human communities.

4. What should be the focus of the Christian speaker?
(a) Truth rather than winning arguments.
(b) The leading of the holy spirit.
(c) Delivering sermons convincingly.
(d) Study and preparation.

5. What does Augustine recommend as methods for handling the topic in Book Three?
(a) Exclusive study of Scripture and submission to the proper guidance from church officials as methods of handling the problem of book two.
(b) Strict adherence to the dietary laws of Israel and understanding of prophecy as methods of handling the problem of book two.
(c) Theological virtue and great learning as methods of handling the problem of Book Two.
(d) Seclusion from secular temptations to allow for the maturation of the "inner eye" as methods of handling the problem of book two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine believe should be the least important aim of a Scriptural speaker?

2. Why does Augustine claim that Christian students fall into the trap that prevents them from separating themselves from pagans?

3. What setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?

4. How are things separated by Augustine?

5. What is a personal possession that Augustine recommends for the Christian speaker?

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