Blest Are We - Quiz on Hope and Faithfulness

In 539 BC Cyrus, leader of the _____, conquered the Babylonians and let the exiles return home.

• Egyptians

• Macedonians

• Romans

• Persians

For Jews, the Sabbath is a memorial of Israel's freedom from _____.

• Babylon

• Egypt

• Rome

• Assyria

The plains scattered with bones represents the _____ scattered across foreign lands while in Exile.

• Babylonians

• prophets

• sheep

• Jews

The _____ are the Church's teachings about our obligations.

• precepts of the Church

• proverbs

• commandments

• beatitudes

_____ married the King of Persia and asked him to spare the Jewish people.

• Rachel

• Sarah

• Bathsheba

• Esther

During the Exodus, _____ commanded the Israelites to keep holy the Sabbath.

• Abraham

• God

• Moses

• Noah

We obey God's commandment to keep holy the Sabbath by attending _____ each Sunday.

• ball games

• holy hour

• Mass

• religion class

Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones gave the people _____ that God would bring them back to their kingdom.

• hope

• belief

• encouragement

• trust

_______ are four spiritual qualities that help us avoid sin.

• Eucharistic virtues

• Moral virtues

• Cardinal virtues

• Theological virtues

The Babylonians destroyed the _____ in Jerusalem.

• Temple

• prophets

• catacombs

• homeland