Q 01/05

Which fruit did the young Augustine of Hippo steal with friends, though he was neither hungry nor poor?

A) Apples

B) Grapes

C) Pears

D) Olives

Answer · why

C) Pears

Pears were the loot, taken from a neighbourhood garden though he had better fruit at home. Augustine later wrote that they tempted him by neither colo...

Q 02/05

Which California beach city, famous for its pier, carries the name of the mother of Augustine of Hippo?

A) Santa Monica

B) Santa Barbara

C) Santa Cruz

D) San Diego

Answer · why

A) Santa Monica

Santa Monica honours the devout Christian woman who raised Augustine. One account says a pair of local springs recalled the tears she shed over her so...

Q 03/05

Which US state has a city named for Augustine of Hippo because Spanish ships sighted land on his feast day?

A) Texas

B) Florida

C) Louisiana

D) New Mexico

Answer · why

B) Florida

Florida is home to St. Augustine, founded in 1565 and the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United State...

Q 04/05

Which virtue did the young Augustine of Hippo famously pray to receive, while asking God not to grant it yet?

A) Humility

B) Patience

C) Chastity

D) Obedience

Answer · why

C) Chastity

Chastity was the gift he wanted postponed. Augustine recorded the insincere prayer himself, from the years when he kept a concubine and, by his own ac...

Q 05/05

Which language did Augustine of Hippo never master, after rebelling against a first teacher who beat his pupils?

A) Hebrew

B) Punic

C) Syriac

D) Greek

Answer · why

D) Greek

Greek defeated him: his first teacher constantly beat the class, and the boy refused to study. By the time he saw he needed the language it was too la...