Happy September, readers!
PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Current Events
Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Sept. 8 at the age of 96. How many papacies happened during her 70-year-reign?
- a) 3
- b) 5
- c) 7
- d) 8
Pope John Paul II smiles as he greets Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during their private audience at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2000. Queen Elizabeth died Sept. 8, 2022, at the age of 96. (CNS photo/Reuters)
2) Literary-related
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the daughter of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, founded the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne in 1900. What is their special mission?
- a) To serve poor writers
- b) To go out on missions to poor countries
- c) To serve terminally ill cancer patients
- d) To serve at seminaries
3) Calendar
Traditionally, the Catholic Church has devoted the month of September to what?
- a) Our Lady of Sorrows
- b) The Immaculate Conception
- c) The Holy Family
- d) The Holy Rosary
4) World History
Catholics from what country brought the religion to West Africa in the 15th century?
- a) France
- b) Portugal
- c) Spain
- d) Morocco
5) U.S. History
In what U.S. state was the first Catholic diocese established?
- a) Rhode Island
- b) Maryland
- c) New York
- d) Massachusetts
6) Theology
In Christian theology, Pneumatology is the study of what?
- a) the Holy Spirit
- b) the Afterlife
- c) the Saints
- d) God, the Father
7) Symbols
An angel, lion, ox and eagle symbolize what or whom in the Bible?
- a) Signs of the “end times”
- b) Mary, Joseph, Pontius Pilate and Jesus
- c) the cardinal virtues
- d) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Answers: 1) c, 2) c, 3) a, 4) b, 5) b, 6) a, 7) d
