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Saint Sebastian - Quiz
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  • 1. Where are the remains reputed to be those of Saint Sebastian housed?
A) In Ebersberg, Germany
B) At Saint Medard Abbey, Soissons
C) In Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
D) In Rome at the Basilica Apostolorum
  • 2. Who was responsible for rebuilding the church of San Sebastiano fuori le mura in the 1610s?
A) Hilduin, Abbot of St. Denys
B) Scipione Borghese
C) Louis Debonnair
D) Pope Damasus I
  • 3. To whom did Pope Eugenius II give the body of Saint Sebastian in 826?
A) Pope Damasus I
B) Hilduin, Abbot of St. Denys
C) Eugenius II himself
D) Scipione Borghese
  • 4. Where was Saint Sebastian's cranium brought to in 934?
A) Soissons
B) The town of Ebersberg, Germany
C) Rome
D) Pavia
  • 5. What is the connection between Saint Sebastian and the plague?
A) He caused the plague.
B) He was believed to be a defense against the plague.
C) He was cured by 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 appeared as boils.
B) They looked like rashes.
C) They resembled buboes, which are symptoms of bubonic plague.
D) They were similar to sores.
  • 7. Who freed Rome from a pestilence in 680 according to Paul the Deacon?
A) King Gumburt
B) Saint Sebastian
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) A church was built in his name.
B) The erection of an altar in his honor stopped the plague.
C) He led a procession to drive away the plague.
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 Ebersberg, Germany
D) In San Sebastiano fuori le mura, Rome
  • 10. What is a common misperception about Saint Sebastian's death?
A) That he was crucified.
B) That he died from being shot with arrows.
C) That he died of natural causes.
D) That he was beheaded.
  • 11. Which artist painted Saint Sebastian seven times?
A) Titian
B) El Greco
C) Guido Reni
D) Botticelli
  • 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 monk in robes.
D) As a handsome youth pierced by arrows.
  • 13. Who created a statuette of Saint Sebastian 'in silver and parcel-gilt'?
A) Hans Holbein the Elder
B) Jusepe de Ribera
C) Georges de La Tour
D) Gianlorenzo Bernini
  • 14. What is a 17th-century subject involving Saint Sebastian?
A) Saint Sebastian's confrontation with the Emperor.
B) Saint Sebastian's beheading.
C) Saint Sebastian's arrest.
D) Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene.
  • 15. Which artist painted a self-portrait as Saint Sebastian in 1915?
A) Georges de La Tour
B) Candido Portinari
C) Egon Schiele
D) Jusepe de Ribera
  • 16. Who painted a version of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian in 1952?
A) Georges de La Tour
B) Egon Schiele
C) Hans Holbein the Elder
D) Candido Portinari
  • 17. What was Saint Sebastian initially tied to when he was shot with arrows?
A) A cross
B) A post or tree
C) A stake
D) A stone pillar
  • 18. In which century is the oldest mention of Sebastian's martyrdom found?
A) 5th century
B) 4th century
C) 3rd century
D) 6th century
  • 19. What is the title of the text that provides a full account of Sebastian's martyrdom?
A) Chronograph of 354
B) Acta Sanctorum
C) Legenda Aurea
D) Passio Sancti Sebastiani
  • 20. Which city did Ambrose state Saint Sebastian came from?
A) Narbonensis
B) Rome
C) Milan
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) His disciples
C) Twin brothers who were deacons
D) His sons
  • 23. In which year was Saint Sebastian's faith detected?
A) 290
B) 300
C) 286
D) 280
  • 24. From which region were the archers who shot at Saint Sebastian?
A) Egypt
B) Syria
C) Gaul
D) Mauretania
  • 25. Who removed Saint Sebastian's body from the common sewer?
A) Fausta
B) Helena
C) Lucina
D) Irene of Rome
  • 26. Which Italian playwright collaborated with Claude Debussy on 'Le Martyre de saint Sébastien' in 1911?
A) Gabriele d'Annunzio
B) Frank O'Hara
C) Derek Jarman
D) Thomas Mann
  • 27. Who composed a ballet score for a Ballets Russes production featuring Saint Sebastian in 1944?
A) Claude Debussy
B) Gian Carlo Menotti
C) R.E.M.
D) Damien Hirst
  • 28. Which film by Derek Jarman depicted Saint Sebastian as a 'homosexual icon'?
A) Losing My Religion
B) Sebastiane
C) Fabulous Fabiola
D) The House with Laughing Windows
  • 29. In which film does Saint Sebastian appear in Carrie's prayer closet?
A) Carrie (1976)
B) Losing My Religion
C) The House with Laughing Windows
D) Sebastiane
  • 30. Which band's video for 'Hunger of the Pine' contains references to Saint Sebastian?
A) The Mountain Goats
B) Madonna
C) R.E.M.
D) Alt-J
  • 31. In which R.E.M. music video does imagery of Saint Sebastian appear?
A) Having a Coke With You
B) I'm a Sinner
C) Hunger of the Pine
D) Losing My Religion
  • 32. Which artist's work from the Natural History series depicts Saint Sebastian with arrows?
A) Derek Jarman
B) Tarsem Singh
C) Damien Hirst
D) Gabriele d'Annunzio
  • 33. Which character in the videogame 'Blasphemous' is inspired by Saint Sebastian?
A) Gemino
B) Sebastian from 'Losing My Religion'
C) A character from 'Fabulous Fabiola'
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) Palma de Mallorca
B) Lubrín
C) Huelva
D) San Sebastián
  • 36. Which Indian state celebrates the Feast of St. Sebastian with fireworks?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) West Bengal
D) Tamil Nadu
  • 37. Which year did Richard A. Kaye write about Saint Sebastian being seen as a homoerotic ideal?
A) 2001
B) 1996
C) 1985
D) 1978
  • 38. Which author adopted the alias 'Sebastian Melmoth' during his exile in Paris?
A) Yukio Mishima
B) Federico García Lorca
C) Pier Paolo Pasolini
D) Oscar Wilde
  • 39. In which city is Guido Reni's Saint Sebastian painting located?
A) Paris
B) London
C) Genoa
D) Rome
  • 40. Who placed 'pictures of Saint Sebastian' in the first rank for gay men's artistic interest?
A) Magnus Hirschfeld
B) Oscar Wilde
C) Yukio Mishima
D) Richard A. Kaye
  • 41. In Yukio Mishima's novel, what is the name of the protagonist who has a gay sexual experience?
A) Kochan
B) Magnus
C) Guido
D) Sebastian
  • 42. Which of the following poets highlighted the importance of Saint Sebastian imagery?
A) Federico García Lorca
B) Yukio Mishima
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Richard A. Kaye
  • 43. Which museum houses Guido Reni's Saint Sebastian painting?
A) Palazzo Rosso
B) The Louvre
C) The Vatican Museums
D) The British Museum
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