QUESTIONS OVER READING
THE LIFE OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT
11. Who wrote the life of St. Mary of Egypt? Be careful, it was not St. Andrew of Crete!
12. Who was Zosimus?
13. What did the angel tell him to do?
14. What kind of monks did Zosimus find at the new monastery?
15. What was the rule that the monks had to follow during Lent?
16. Why did the person Zosimus found in the woods, turn to run
from him?
Why was Zosimus terrified of the woman?
17. What was happening to the woman when she prayed in front of
Zosimus?
18. What did Zosimus ask of the woman (Mary)?
19. How did Mary of Egypt live as a young woman?
20. What happened to Mary when she tried to enter the Church in
Jerusalem?
21. To whom did Mary pray, once she felt “compunction” of heart?
22. What did she promise in prayer?
What did the Blessed Mother tell Mary after she saw the
Cross?
23. How many years had Mary been living in the desert when
Zosimus found her?
24. How did she feed herself?
25. How was Mary tempted in the desert?
26. How did she eat?
27. What happened to her clothes?
28. What did Mary instruct Zosimus to do the next year during Lent?
29. Why couldn’t Zosimus depart when the next Lent came around?
30. How did Mary cross the Jordan?
31. What instruction did Mary give Zosimus after she received Communion?
32. What did Zosimus see when he returned to see Mary the next year?
33. When exactly had Mary died?
34. Who dug Mary’s grave?
35. How old was Zosimus when he died?