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Guste Trivia Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Augustine called this man “The brother of my heart.” Who was he?

a)

Patricius

b)

Navigius

c)

Evodius

d)

Alypius

2.

At what age did Augustine die?

a)

77

b)

76

c)

75

d)

74

3.

What was St. Augustine’s family name that suggests that his father's ancestors were freedmen of full Roman citizenship by the Edict of Caracalla in 212?

a)

Faustus

b)

Aurelius

c)

Caesar

d)

Navigius

4.

Adeodatus was the name of Augustine’s son. What does it mean?

a)

Given by God

b)

Precious Boy

c)

Beloved Son

d)

Pride of my heart

5.

What is the title of Augustine’s autobiography?

a)

City of God

b)

Confessions

c)

On the Holy Trinity

d)

Proverbs

6.

What fruit did Augustine and his friends steal and throw to the pigs?

a)

Guavas

b)

Apples

c)

Pears

d)

Bananas

7.

How old was Adeodatus when he died?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

19

d)

20

8.

What is the exact date of St. Augustine’s birthday?

a)

November 13, 345

b)

November 13, 354

c)

August 28, 345

d)

August 28, 354

9.

Who paid for St. Augustine’s study?

a)

Ambrose

b)

Romanianus

c)

Petricius

d)

Jerome

10.

What symbolizes St. Augustine’s search for excellence and perfection?

a)

Church

b)

Flaming Heart

c)

Eagle

d)

Scriptures

11.

Where did St. Augustine take his college education?

a)

Carthage

b)

Alexandria

c)

Antioch

d)

Timbuktu

12.

What was Monica’s tribe? This tribe still exists in Africa.

a)

Luba

b)

Berber

c)

Chewa

d)

Oromo

13.

What do Augustinians celebrate every 24th of April?

a)

Baptism of St. Augustine

b)

Death of St. Augustine

c)

Birth of St. Monica

d)

Death of St. Monica

14.

How many volumes are there in the ‘City of God’, which took St. Augustine ten years to write?

a)

21

b)

22

c)

23

d)

24

15.

What particular verses in the Bible did Augustine read after he heard the voice of the young boy that he felt were aimed at him?

a)

John 3: 16-17

b)

Psalms 22: 1-4

c)

1 Corinthians 7: 11- 12

d)

Romans 13: 13-14

16.

What title was given to St. Augustine in honor of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions that had been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or habit they long to break?

a)

Patron Saint of Brewers

b)

Patron Saint of Conversions

c)

Patron Saint of Ambitions

d)

Patron Saint of Festivities

17.

Who was the contemporary of St. Augustine who considered him as the one who “established anew the ancient Faith”?

a)

St. Jerome

b)

St. Ambrose

c)

St. Alypius

d)

Cicero

18.

In which modern country is the shrine that housed the remains of St. Augustine located?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

South Africa

19.

While Augustine was still alive, one of his contemporaries and also a famous Father of the Church wrote the following in a letter: “Well done! You are famous throughout the world. Catholics revere and receive you as the second founder of the ancient Faith. A mark of greater glory it is, that heretics loathe you. Me too they assail with a like hatred. They would kill in desire those whom they cannot slay with the sword.” Who was this Father of the Church?

a)

St. Jerome

b)

St. Alypius

c)

St. Hilary of Poitiers

d)

St. Ambrose

20.

Augustine takes the child’s voice he hears in the Milan garden to mean:

a)

that he should convert

b)

that he is a sinner

c)

that he should consult the Bible

d)

that he is not yet truly humble

21.

Augustine was sent to school at Madaurus, a small Numidian city about 19 miles south of Thagaste where he became familiar with Latin literature, as well as pagan beliefs and practices. His first insight into the nature of sin occurred when he and a number of friends stole fruit they did not want from a neighborhood garden. He tells this story in his autobiography, Confessions. He remembers that he did not steal the fruit because he was hungry, but because “it was not permitted.” His very nature, he says, was flawed. “It was foul, and I loved it. I loved my own error—not that for which I erred, but the error itself.” From this incident he concluded the human person is naturally inclined to sin, and are in need of the grace of Christ. How old was St. Augustine when all these things happened?

(a)  

22.

What subject did St. Augustine teach at Thagaste during 373 and 374?

(a)  

23.

Where was the villa outside of Milan where St. Augustine gathered with his followers, and described it as Christianae vitae otium – the Christian life of leisure? It was in this place that St. Augustine looked back and reflect upon his life before his baptism.

(a)  

24.

Ambrose baptized Augustine and his lifelong friend, St. Alypius on the Easter Vigil in 387 in Milan. Who else was baptized along with St. Augustine and his small group of friends?

(a)  

25.

Which of the following is another title given to honor St. Augustine: patron saint of sore throat, patron saint of swollen feet, patron saint of sore eyes or patron saint of back pain?

(a)