Confessions Study Guide

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