8th Grade Unit 2 Practice Test

How did Jesus proclaim that the Kingdom of God was at hand?

• through his miracles

• through his actions

• through his teaching

• all of these

What does Jesus challenge us to do through his moral teachings?

• to go beyond the letter of the Old Law

• to live the spirit of the Old Law

• both of these

• none of these

Through the New Law, Christ redeems us in what way?

• by having us judge ourselves harshly

• by putting dietary restrictions in place

• by making us very concerned with details

• by purifying our consciences

Why did Jesus embrace material poverty?

• He could not have traveled as he did if he had owned many possessions.

• He wanted to show us that we do not achieve salvation through wealth.

• He wanted to teach spiritual poverty as the way to union with God.

• It was just a coincidence that he was born into poverty.

What event in the Old Testament prefigured Jesus’ offering of his life for us through his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension?

• the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses

• the covenant with Noah

• the covenant with David

• the offering of the Paschal Lamb

Who were most likely to have been Jesus’ “brothers and sisters” in the Gospels?

• Mary’s other physical children

• Joseph’s children from a first marriage

• Jesus’ cousins

• Mary's children from a first marriage

What is the term we use for the way that all the great mysteries of the faith fit together?

• the Paschal Mystery

• the analogy of faith

• the Ten Commandments

• the New Covenant

What does it mean that Jesus wants us to share in his divinity?

• We also become persons of the Trinity.

• We become individual gods and goddesses.

• We share in God’s divine life and become the image of God we were created to be.

• We do not change.

Which title of Jesus acknowledges his divinity and recognizes that he alone is worthy of our worship and adoration?

• Redeemer

• Lord

• Christ

• Good Shepherd

We enter into the core of the Paschal Mystery every time we celebrate which Sacrament?

• Baptism

• Confirmation

• the Eucharist

• Penance and Reconciliation