Ash Wednesday Quiz

What is the purpose of wearing ashes on Ash Wednesday?

• To be trendy on social media

• To show off

• To cover up pores

• To repent and remember our mortality

What does the shape of the ashes represent?

• A broken heart

• A price tag

• A cross

• A bowl of ashes

According to the text, what is the twofold purpose of shame?

• To hide and to feel bad

• To repent and to believe

• To cover up and to honor

• To feel wrong and to feel good

What does the author suggest is the reason for feeling the need to repent?

• Numbness to sin

• Lack of awareness of one's potential

• Feeling of being bad

• Pressure from others

What does the cross made of ashes symbolize?

• Our failures

• Our worthlessness

• Our potential

• Our sins

What does the author say when the ashes are placed on the forehead?

• You are unworthy

• You are mine

• You are a sinner

• You are hopeless

What is the significance of the ashes being in the shape of a cross?

• It represents our worthlessness

• It represents our failures

• It represents our potential

• It represents our brokenness

What does the author say the cross means?

• We are hopeless

• We are unworthy

• We have a savior

• We are sinners

What is the message conveyed by wearing ashes on Ash Wednesday?

• We are perfect

• We are sinners in need of a savior

• We are hopeless

• We are unworthy

What is the main message of the text?

• We are unworthy

• We are perfect

• We are hopeless

• We are sinners in need of a savior