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Question 1

• The Sunday between Christmas and New Years is
  the feast of
  
• (a) Epiphany
• (b) The Presentation
• (c) The Holy Family
• (d) The feast of John the Baptist

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Question 2

• Of the following, the one that was not a plague
  inflicted on Pharaoh's Egypt is
  
• (a) Frogs
• (b) Water turning to blood
• (c) Locusts
• (d) Drought

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Question 3

• The oldest Christian feast is
• (a) Easter
• (b) Christmas
• (c) Annunciation
• (d) Epiphany

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Question 4

• The first Texas bishop was
• (a) Bishop Forest
• (b) Bishop Grahmann
• (c) Bishop Odin
• (d) Bishop Flores

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Question 5

• Between the Ascension and Pentecost, the
  disciples and Mary prayed
  
• (a) In an upstairs room
• (b) At Mary's house
• (c) In the Temple
• (d) In the cave at Bethlehem

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Question 6

• The oldest diocese in the
• Americas is
• (a) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• (b) Providence, Rhode Island
• (c) St. Augustine, Florida
• (d) Jamestown, Virginia

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Question 7

• Jesus told his disciples that the greatest
  commandment is
  
• (a) Do not steal
• (b) Do not be greedy
• (c) Do not lie
• (d) None of these

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Question 8

• A nuptial Mass is a Mass for a
• (a) Wedding
• (b) Funeral
• (c) Confirmation
• (d) Ordination

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Question 9

• On Sunday, the Lord's Day, all Catholics are
  supposed to
  
• (a) Go to Mass
• (b) Rest from unnecessary work
• (c) Visit the sick and the elderly
• (d) All of these

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Question 10

• According to the First Letter to Timothy, St.
  Paul put his co-worker Timothy in charge of the
  Church in
  
• (a) Damascus
• (b) Corinth
• (c) Antioch
• (d) Ephesus

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Question 11

• The last Sunday in the Liturgical year is
• (a) Christmas
• (b) Thanksgiving
• (c) Christ the King Sunday
• (d) The feast of the Holy Trinity

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Question 12

• The initials IHS is an
• acronym for
• (a) Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews
• (b) Letters for Jesus name in Hebrew
• (c) The anglicized first three letters of
  Jesus name in Greek
  
• (d) Latin for Jesus Christ

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Question 13

• In Matthews Gospel, the wise
• men who came from the east
• (a) Were three in number
• (b) Numbered four at the beginning of the
  journey
  
• (c) Were named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar
• (d) Are not specified by name or number in the
  text

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Question 14

• Rosaries, medals, scapulars, and holy water are
  all
  
• (a) Sacramentals
• (b) Pastorals
• (c) Sacraments
• (d) Sacristies

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Question 15

• According to the Genesis story
• on the fourth day God created
• (a) Vegetation
• (b) Birds and Fish
• (c) Sun, Moon and Stars
• (d) Cattle and all kinds of creeping things

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Question 16

• The Church's sacrament of forgiveness is called
• (a) The sacrament of Reconciliation
• (b) The sacrament of Penance
• (c) Confession
• (d) All of these

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Question 17

• According to the Letter to Titus,
• St. Paul put his co-worker Titus in
• charge of the Church of
• (a) Ephesus
• (b) Crete
• (c) Cyprus
• (d) Philippi

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Question 18

• The Synoptic Gospels are
• (a) Luke and John
• (b) Matthew, Luke, and John
• (c) Mark, Matthew, and John
• (d) Mark, Matthew, and Luke

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Question 19

• To betray Jesus, the chief priests of the Temple
  paid Judas Iscariot
  
• (a) Ten pieces of silver
• (b) Thirty pieces of silver
• (c) A hundred pieces of silver
• (d) Nothing

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Question 20

• The Gospels that have the infancy narratives of
  Jesus are
  
• (a) Matthew and John
• (b) Mark and Luke
• (c) Luke and John
• (d) Matthew and Luke

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Question 21

• The First Catholic bishop of the United States
  was
  
• (a) John Carroll
• (b) John Fisher
• (c) Henry Manning
• (d) George Tyrrell

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Question 22

• The Gospel that begins with
• the genealogy of Jesus is
• (a) Matthew
• (b) Mark
• (c) Luke
• (d) John

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Question 23

• The longest New Testament Letter of St. Paul is
  the Letter to the
  
• (a) Philippians
• (b) Colossians
• (c) Romans
• (d) Galatians

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Question 24

• The apostle to whom Christians in India link
  their early conversion is
  
• (a) Peter
• (b) Jude
• (c) James
• (d) Thomas

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Question 25

• The laywoman and mystic who helped persuade the
  pope to leave Avignon to return to Rome was
  
• (a) St. Adela
• (b) Teresa of Avila
• (c) Catherine of Siena
• (d) Helena

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Question 26

• Mysteries was the word early Christians used
  for what we now call the
  
• (a) Hierarchy
• (b) Gospels
• (c) Epistles
• (d) Sacraments

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Question 27

• The Dead Sea Scrolls
• (a) Written in Greek
• (b) Found in 11 caves near Jerusalem
• (c) Discovered in 13 caves near the Dead Sea
  between 1954 and 1957
  
• (d) Discovered in 11 caves between 1947 and 1956

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Question 28

• The Bible names the angel of the Annunciation as
  
  
• (a) Gabriel
• (b) Moroni
• (c) Raphael
• (d) Michael

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Question 29

• When Jesus was born, the king of Judea was
• (a) Pilate
• (b) Alexander the Great
• (c) Herod
• (d) Judas

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Question 30

• The youngest person (18 years old) who became
  Pope was
  
• (a) Pius III
• (b) Leo XI
• (c) Benedict V
• (d) John XII

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Question 31

• The custom of having a
• nativity scene at Christmas
• (a) Started in the thirteenth century
• (b) Originated with St. Francis of Assisi
• (c) Began near the Italian town of Grecchio
• (d) All of the above

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Question 32

• The Catholic University that had 17 of its former
  students elected Pope, 20 alumni canonized and 39
  beatified is the
  
• (a) University of Salamanca
• (b) University of Paris
• (c) Gregorian University
• (d) Notre Dame University

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Question 33

• Jesus said, "This is my body" and "This is my
  blood"
  
• (a) At Cana in Galilee
• (b) At Bethlehem
• (c) At the Last Supper
• (d) While on the cross

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Question 34

• The Nicene Creed, which we recite at Mass every
  Sunday, dates from
  
• (a) 44 B.C
• (b) 1066 A.D.
• (c) 325 A.D.
• (d) 414 A.D.

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Question 35

• The number of books in the New Testament is
• (a) 21
• (b) 35
• (c) 46
• (d) 27

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Question 36

• The word Alleluia literally means
• (a) Peace be with you
• (b) I believe
• (c) Praise God
• (d) Have mercy

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Question 37

• Which of the following is not an angel listed in
  the Bible?
  
• (a) Gabriel
• (b) Michael
• (c) Tobit
• (d) Raphael

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Question 38

• Jesus refers to the new Covenant at the Last
  supper according to the Gospel of
  
• (a) Matthew
• (b) Mark
• (c) Luke
• (d) John

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Question 39

• A book which list every word in the Bible and
  where to find it in the Bible is a
  
• (a) Biblical dictionary
• (b) Commentary
• (c) Concordance
• (d) Atlas

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Question 40

• The books of the Bible that are in the
• Catholic Bible, but not in the Protestant or
• Jewish Scriptures are
• (a) Eza, Daniel, Judith, 1 2 Maccabees,
  Judges, Wisdom
  
• (b) Proverbs, Wisdom, Sirach, Judith, 1 2
  Maccabees, Baruch
  
• (c) Judith, Esther, Daniel, 1 2 Maccabees,
  Joshua, Wisdom
  
• (d) Judith, 1 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit,
  Baruch, Wisdom

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Question 41

• A legislative document or decree issued by the
  pope on his own initiative, not in response to a
  request
  
• (a) Enclyclical
• (b) Promulgation
• (c) Motu proprio
• (d) Recognitio

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Question 42

• The Bible acquired the divisions of chapters
• (a) In 1551 by Robert Stephanus
• (b) In 1614 by Gutenberg
• (c) In 1206 by Stephen Langton
• (d None of the above

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Question 43

• Jews divide the Hebrew
• Scriptures into
• (a) The Law, the Prophets, and the History
• (b) The Law, the Prophets, and the Speeches
• (c) The Torah, the Prophets, and the Quests
• (d) The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings

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Question 44

• The official canon of the Roman Catholic Church
  was established definitively by the
  
• (a) Council of Ephesus in 431
• (b) Council of Baltimore in 1852
• (c) Council of Constantinople in 381
• (d) Council of Trent in 1546

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Question 45

• The name for a major gathering of bishops which
  is not a full ecumenical council is a
  
• (a) Synod
• (b) Conclave
• (c) Concatenation
• (d) All of the above

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Question 46

• A papal reflection on a particular topic that
  does not contain dogmatic definitions or policy
  directives, addressed to bishops, clergy and all
  the faithful of the entire Catholic Church
• (a) Apostolic Constitutions
• (b) Apostolic letter
• (c) Apostolic exhortation
• (d) Apostolic decree

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Question 47

• Eastertime lasts
• (a) 40 days
• (b) One week
• (c) From Easter Sunday to Pentecost
• (d) From Easter Sunday to Ascension

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Question 48

• Scholars name the four sources of the Pentateuch
  as Yahwist, Eloist, Deuteronomist, and
  
• (a) Levite
• (b) Samaritan
• (c) Priestly
• (d) Classical

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Question 49

• An account of Moses farewell speech is found
  in the book of
  
• (a) Exodus
• (b) Leviticus
• (c) Numbers
• (d) Deuteronomy

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Question 50

• The idea that faith without works is dead is
  found in the Letter of
  
• (a) 1 Peter
• (b) Jude
• (c) James
• (d) 2 John

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