Confessions Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who is buried near the Tiber River? (from Book IX)

Augustine.

Justina.

Monica.

Ambrose.

2.

What story does Augustine learn from a man named Firminus? (from Book VII)

Of a time when astrology really was accurate.

About the son of a rich man and the son of a slave are born at almost the exact same time, and under the same stars.

Of the fact that twins always have the same fates.

Of how Jesus used the stars to predict events.

3.

By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed? (from Book IV)

By the task set before him by God.

By his inability to corrupt his friends faith.

By his friend's miraculous recovery.

By the power of sin and death.

4.

If two people both believe in the word of God, what can be fruitful? (from Book XII)

Witnessing to a third.

Compromise on interpretation.

Debate about interpretations.

Agreement.

5.

Why should Monica think Rome is a good place for Augustine? (from Book V)

He might meet the Pope.

His asthma will benefit by the dry air.

Because he is close to the heart of Christianity.

He can see the wages of sin of the Roman Empire.

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