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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What basic fact do the critics discussed in the Preface ignore by discounting teaching from Augustine and others?
(a) Many writers have intensely studied Scriptures and have left their impressions for their use.
(b) Trial and error application often give non-Christians the opportunity to "mock God."
(c) The works of writers closer to the time of the authors of Scripture are frequently incomplete, disjointed, and often unverifiable.
(d) The fact that they learned important tools, such as the alphabet, from other humans.

2. According to Augustine, what are competing influences on an individual's thinking?
(a) Priests and Rabbis.
(b) The devil and angels.
(c) Laborers and land owners.
(d) Husbands and wives.

3. Based on Augustine's Preface, what is the perception of critics toward learning?
(a) The most reliable aids for interpretation are writings from individuals directly connected to the authors of Scriptures.
(b) The most reliable aids for interpretation are from Scripture themselves.
(c) Reliable interpretation can come from a situational application.
(d) They do not need aids for interpretation such as those Augustine offers.

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?
(a) That these types of critics are a threat to the true Church.
(b) That these types of critics are stagnant in their thoughts and threaten to limit the influence of Divine guidance.
(c) That these types of critics, if they gather a following around their criticism, are dangerously close to practicing heresy.
(d) That these types of critics will either understand Scripture or believe they do.

5. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through tongues.
(b) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.
(c) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(d) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the logical inconsistency of the critics that Augustine confronts in the Preface?

2. What was the second type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

3. What Scriptural defense does Augustine use for encouraging critics to consider the validity of "On Christian Doctrine"?

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

5. What is the primary tool for interpretation for the critics that Augustine primarily focuses on in the Preface?

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