It is May, my Quizmates, the month of Our Blessed Mother! And so for you, a Marian quiz. Ave Maria, Regina coeli, Mater sanctissima!
1) MUSIC
Which of these is not the title of a Marian hymn?
- a) “Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly”
- b) “Salve Regina”
- c) “O Most Gracious Virgin”
- d) “My Hawaiian Madonna”
2) ART
Who sculpted the Pieta, a statue picturing Mary holding her crucified son?
- a) Michelangelo
- b) Rodin
- c) Bernini
- d) da Vinci
3) THEOLOGY
What is the theological term for the study of devotion to and thinking about Mary throughout the history of Christianity?
- a) Marianism
- b) Mariology
- c) Sola Scriptura Maria
- d) Christology
4) THE ROSARY
Which religious order is traditionally said to be the originators of the rosary?
- a) Franciscans
- b) Marianists
- c) Dominicans
- d) Jesuits
5) SCRIPTURE, I
Which beautiful Marian antiphon gets its title from Luke 1:46?
- a) “Salve Regina”
- b) “Benedictus Domini”
- c) “O Sanctissima”
- d) “Magnificat”
6) SCRIPTURE, II
What are the last words spoken by Mary in the Gospels?
- a) “My Lord and My God”
- b) “Do as he tells you”
- c) “Behold the handmaid of the Lord”
- d) “With God, all things are possible”
7) CHURCHES
Malia Puka O Kalani Parish is located in Keaukaha on Hawaii island. What does “Malia Puka O Kalani” mean?
- a) Mary, Gate of Heaven
- b) Mary, Heavenly Star
- c) Mary, Most Blessed
- d) Mary, Mother of God
8) GEOGRAPHY
What religious order takes its name from a hill outside the town of Ossining, New York, where the first members of the order lived?
- a) Marianists
- b) Carmelites
- c) Maryknoll
- d) Olivets
Answers: 1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) c, 5) d, 6) b, 7) a, 8) c
