Saint Sebastian - Quiz
Saint Sebastian
  • 1. Where are the remains reputed to be those of Saint Sebastian housed?
A) At Saint Medard Abbey, Soissons
B) In Ebersberg, Germany
C) In Rome at the Basilica Apostolorum
D) In Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
  • 2. Who was responsible for rebuilding the church of San Sebastiano fuori le mura in the 1610s?
A) Hilduin, Abbot of St. Denys
B) Pope Damasus I
C) Scipione Borghese
D) Louis Debonnair
  • 3. To whom did Pope Eugenius II give the body of Saint Sebastian in 826?
A) Scipione Borghese
B) Pope Damasus I
C) Hilduin, Abbot of St. Denys
D) Eugenius II himself
  • 4. Where was Saint Sebastian's cranium brought to in 934?
A) Soissons
B) Rome
C) Pavia
D) The town of Ebersberg, Germany
  • 5. What is the connection between Saint Sebastian and the plague?
A) He caused the plague.
B) He was cured by the plague.
C) He was believed to be a defense against the plague.
D) He had no connection with the plague.
  • 6. How did Saint Sebastian's arrow wounds relate visually to symptoms of bubonic plague?
A) They were similar to sores.
B) They resembled buboes, which are symptoms of bubonic plague.
C) They looked like rashes.
D) They appeared as boils.
  • 7. Who freed Rome from a pestilence in 680 according to Paul the Deacon?
A) Saint Sebastian
B) King Gumburt
C) Pope Eugenius II
D) Hilduin, Abbot of St. Denys
  • 8. What was the episode involving a great plague and Saint Sebastian during King Gumburt's time?
A) He led a procession to drive away the plague.
B) The erection of an altar in his honor stopped the plague.
C) A church was built in his name.
D) He prayed for the people to be healed.
  • 9. Where is the earliest known representation of Saint Sebastian located?
A) In the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
B) In San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
C) In San Sebastiano fuori le mura, Rome
D) In Ebersberg, Germany
  • 10. What is a common misperception about Saint Sebastian's death?
A) That he was beheaded.
B) That he died from being shot with arrows.
C) That he died of natural causes.
D) That he was crucified.
  • 11. Which artist painted Saint Sebastian seven times?
A) Guido Reni
B) El Greco
C) Botticelli
D) Titian
  • 12. How is Saint Sebastian typically depicted in art?
A) As an elderly man with a beard.
B) As a soldier in armor.
C) As a handsome youth pierced by arrows.
D) As a monk in robes.
  • 13. Who created a statuette of Saint Sebastian 'in silver and parcel-gilt'?
A) Jusepe de Ribera
B) Gianlorenzo Bernini
C) Hans Holbein the Elder
D) Georges de La Tour
  • 14. What is a 17th-century subject involving Saint Sebastian?
A) Saint Sebastian's arrest.
B) Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene.
C) Saint Sebastian's beheading.
D) Saint Sebastian's confrontation with the Emperor.
  • 15. Which artist painted a self-portrait as Saint Sebastian in 1915?
A) Egon Schiele
B) Jusepe de Ribera
C) Candido Portinari
D) Georges de La Tour
  • 16. Who painted a version of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian in 1952?
A) Candido Portinari
B) Hans Holbein the Elder
C) Georges de La Tour
D) Egon Schiele
  • 17. What was Saint Sebastian initially tied to when he was shot with arrows?
A) A stake
B) A cross
C) A stone pillar
D) A post or tree
  • 18. In which century is the oldest mention of Sebastian's martyrdom found?
A) 6th century
B) 5th century
C) 3rd century
D) 4th century
  • 19. What is the title of the text that provides a full account of Sebastian's martyrdom?
A) Passio Sancti Sebastiani
B) Acta Sanctorum
C) Chronograph of 354
D) Legenda Aurea
  • 20. Which city did Ambrose state Saint Sebastian came from?
A) Narbonensis
B) Milan
C) Rome
D) Constantinople
  • 21. Under which emperor did Saint Sebastian enter the army in Rome?
A) Emperor Augustus
B) Emperor Nero
C) Emperor Constantine
D) Emperor Carinus
  • 22. Who were Marcus and Marcellianus in relation to Saint Sebastian?
A) His nephews
B) Twin brothers who were deacons
C) His sons
D) His disciples
  • 23. In which year was Saint Sebastian's faith detected?
A) 286
B) 290
C) 300
D) 280
  • 24. From which region were the archers who shot at Saint Sebastian?
A) Gaul
B) Mauretania
C) Syria
D) Egypt
  • 25. Who removed Saint Sebastian's body from the common sewer?
A) Helena
B) Irene of Rome
C) Lucina
D) Fausta
  • 26. Which Italian playwright collaborated with Claude Debussy on 'Le Martyre de saint Sébastien' in 1911?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Derek Jarman
C) Gabriele d'Annunzio
D) Frank O'Hara
  • 27. Who composed a ballet score for a Ballets Russes production featuring Saint Sebastian in 1944?
A) Gian Carlo Menotti
B) Claude Debussy
C) R.E.M.
D) Damien Hirst
  • 28. Which film by Derek Jarman depicted Saint Sebastian as a 'homosexual icon'?
A) Sebastiane
B) The House with Laughing Windows
C) Fabulous Fabiola
D) Losing My Religion
  • 29. In which film does Saint Sebastian appear in Carrie's prayer closet?
A) Sebastiane
B) The House with Laughing Windows
C) Losing My Religion
D) Carrie (1976)
  • 30. Which band's video for 'Hunger of the Pine' contains references to Saint Sebastian?
A) R.E.M.
B) The Mountain Goats
C) Madonna
D) Alt-J
  • 31. In which R.E.M. music video does imagery of Saint Sebastian appear?
A) Hunger of the Pine
B) Having a Coke With You
C) I'm a Sinner
D) Losing My Religion
  • 32. Which artist's work from the Natural History series depicts Saint Sebastian with arrows?
A) Tarsem Singh
B) Derek Jarman
C) Gabriele d'Annunzio
D) Damien Hirst
  • 33. Which character in the videogame 'Blasphemous' is inspired by Saint Sebastian?
A) Sebastian from 'Losing My Religion'
B) A character from 'Fabulous Fabiola'
C) Gemino
D) The protagonist of 'Death in Venice'
  • 34. On which date is Sebastian commemorated with an optional memorial in the Catholic Church?
A) 27 March
B) 18 December
C) 20 January
D) 14th century
  • 35. Which city in Spain celebrates a festival involving bread rolls thrown from balconies on Saint Sebastian's feast day?
A) Huelva
B) San Sebastián
C) Lubrín
D) Palma de Mallorca
  • 36. Which Indian state celebrates the Feast of St. Sebastian with fireworks?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) West Bengal
D) Maharashtra
  • 37. Which year did Richard A. Kaye write about Saint Sebastian being seen as a homoerotic ideal?
A) 1978
B) 1996
C) 1985
D) 2001
  • 38. Which author adopted the alias 'Sebastian Melmoth' during his exile in Paris?
A) Federico García Lorca
B) Pier Paolo Pasolini
C) Yukio Mishima
D) Oscar Wilde
  • 39. In which city is Guido Reni's Saint Sebastian painting located?
A) Paris
B) Genoa
C) London
D) Rome
  • 40. Who placed 'pictures of Saint Sebastian' in the first rank for gay men's artistic interest?
A) Magnus Hirschfeld
B) Richard A. Kaye
C) Yukio Mishima
D) Oscar Wilde
  • 41. In Yukio Mishima's novel, what is the name of the protagonist who has a gay sexual experience?
A) Sebastian
B) Magnus
C) Guido
D) Kochan
  • 42. Which of the following poets highlighted the importance of Saint Sebastian imagery?
A) Richard A. Kaye
B) Federico García Lorca
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Yukio Mishima
  • 43. Which museum houses Guido Reni's Saint Sebastian painting?
A) The British Museum
B) The Vatican Museums
C) Palazzo Rosso
D) The Louvre
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