Grade 8 Unit 1 Test (Lessons 1-4)

1. __________________________________ is God’s reign, or rule, over all things. Christ brought it to earth when He established the Church.

• The Holy Trinity

• The Garden of Eden

• The Kingdom of God

• The Book of Genesis

2. __________________________________________ is self-giving love. It is the Theological Virtue by which we love God above all things for His own sake and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.

• Agapé

• Eros

• Philia

• Storge

A __________________________________________ is a group of people that are united by a common purpose that transcends, or is greater than, each of them individually.

• Company

• Family

• Team

• Society

4. __________________________________________ is the sum total of social conditions that allow people — both as individuals and groups — to live as they ought to live more fully and easily.

• The common good

• Social contract

• Individual rights

• Economic prosperity

5. __________________________________________ is the moral virtue that helps us manage our desires for bodily and spiritual pleasure in the way that God intends. It especially involves self-mastery of sexual feelings.

• Charity

• Chastity

• Temperance

• Fortitude

6. __________________________________________ is the Christian mystery revealed to us by God that He is three Persons in One God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

• The Ascension

• The Incarnation

• The Resurrection

• The Trinity

7. __________________________________________ is the innermost part of a person. It gives life to a body.

• The soul

• The heart

• The brain

• The skin

________________________________________ is a direct demand of Christian brotherhood, because of which we care for our fellow Christians and share their burdens.

• Charity

• Solidarity

• Tolerance

• Forgiveness

________________________________________ is sacrificial or self-giving love. It is the highest form of love, the love God has for us and that He calls us to.

• Agape

• Eros

• Philia

• Storge

________________________________________ is the inherent value or worth of the human person rooted in the fact that God created each of us in His image and likeness and loves us for our own sake.

• Salvation

• Original sin

• Free will

• Human dignity