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1) OCIA
What is the name for the series of rites for adults who wish to be baptized which are celebrated in the third, fourth and fifth weeks of the Lenten season?
- a) Exegesis
- b) Scrutinies
- c) Exorcisms
- d) Mystagogies
2) HEALING
What is the name of the small body of water where Jesus healed the blind man?
- a) Sea of Galilee
- b) Lake Masada
- c) Jordan River
- d) Pool of Siloam
3) HEAVENLY GUIDES
Which of these is NOT the name of an archangel in Catholic scripture?
- a) Raphael
- b) Michael
- c) Azriel
- d) Gabriel
4) DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Which church father is cited in 18 sections of “Catechism of the Catholic Church” for his reflections on the purpose of prayer and the meaning of the Our Father?
- a) John Chrysostom
- b) Polycarp of Smyrna
- c) Thomas Aquinas
- d) Athanasius of Alexandria
5) POPE FRANCIS
What is the episcopal motto of Pope Francis?
- a) Cooperatores Veritatis (“Cooperators of the Truth”)
- b) Miserando atque eligendo (“Having mercy, he called him”)
- c) Totus Tuu (“I am yours”)
- d) Oboedientia et Pax (“Obedience and Peace”)
6) VIA DOLOROSA
What is the fourth Station of the Cross?
- a) Jesus falls the first time
- b) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
- c) Jesus meets his mother
- d) Jesus takes up his cross
7) HYMNS
What is the name of the 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary that portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ’s mother during His crucifixion?
- a) “Ave Maria”
- b) “Salve Regina”
- c) “Regina Caeli”
- d) “Stabat Mater”
8) JEWISH TRADITION
What is the “Shema Yisrael”?
- a) Jewish morning and evening prayer
- b) Small skullcap worn by Jewish men
- c) Meal eaten at Passover
- d) Central laws of the Jewish faith
Answers: 1) b, 2) d, 3) c, 4) a, 5) b, 6) c, 7) d, 8) a
