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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?
(a) The distinction between encouraging and exhortation.
(b) The distinction between Christian love and pagan love.
(c) The distinction between things and signs.
(d) The distinction between enjoy and use.

2. What are the two different ways that God and angels speak in Scripture, as identified in Book Three?
(a) In spiritual terms and human terms.
(b) With cruelty and kindness.
(c) Figuratively and literally.
(d) Of signs and things.

3. What does Augustine reason, from the scriptural reference regarding the hazard of learning, that a student must be sure to develop.
(a) Sensitivity to compare signs to what is being learned from Scripture.
(b) Diligently apply Scripture properly in every case.
(c) Care of how eschatology is applied.
(d) To grow love in one's heart first and foremost.

4. What type of delivery does Augustine believe rightly interpreted Scripture deserve?
(a) Researched and balanced.
(b) Eloquently delivered oratory.
(c) Calm, focused, and intelligent.
(d) Spiritual and emotional.

5. Since Augustine regards his disciples as "divinely instituted," what responsibility falls on his students?
(a) They have the duty to discover their "special gift."
(b) They have the duty to apply good social and intellectual practices.
(c) They have the duty to know the difference between things and signs.
(d) They have the duty to develop their "inner eye."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine expect the method of accessing knowledge he lacks to be successful?

2. What is the main difference between the system of learning that Augustine advocates and that advocated by the critics he focuses on in the Preface?

3. How does Augustine use the items of his example to illustrate his distinction?

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

5. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?

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