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Confessions Quiz 1

  • 1. In what province of Africa was Augustine raised?
    •     Numidia
    •     Morocco
    •     Carthage
    •     Egypt

  • 2. What country controlled Numidia during Augustine's lifetime?
    •     Rome
    •     Judea
    •     Libya
    •     Egypt

  • 3. When Augustine and his friends steal fruit, what type of fruit is it?
    •     Grapes
    •     Apples
    •     Pomegranates
    •     Pears

  • 4. In Book I, what kind of punishment does Augustine pray to be delivered from?
    •     Withdrawal of Monica's affections
    •     Beating at school
    •     The pity of his friends
    •     The scorn of his nurses

  • 5. How did Augustine's family earn money?
    •     Metalworking
    •     Farming
    •     Doctors
    •     Trade

  • 6. In Augustine's family, who was the first Christian?
    •     Monica
    •     Augustine
    •     Patrick
    •     Augustine's baby nurse

  • 7. What book of the Bible does Augustine most often quote in the early Books of Confessions?
    •     Psalms
    •     Wisdom
    •     Gospel of Mark
    •     Acts of the Apostles

  • 8. What does Augustine's father do when he becomes aware that Augustine is sexually mature?
    •     Gets angry
    •     Gets drunk
    •     Becomes sad
    •     Leaves home

  • 9. What was considered the height of intellectual cultivation in Augustine's day?
    •     High moral character
    •     Knowledge of farming
    •     Knowledge of literature and ability in oratory
    •     Knowledge of war

  • 10. What does Augustine consider one of the follies of education in his day?
    •     Lack of moral education
    •     Lack of sex education
    •     Lack of poetry education
    •     Lack of education in a specific Christian denomination

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