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Ch 2 Theology Vocab

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is prayer?

a)

A way of communicating with God

b)

Raising one's mind and heart to God

c)

Requesting good things from God

d)

All of the above

2.

The written transmission of God's word is known as

a)

Scripture

b)

Tradition

c)

Catholic Church

d)

None of the above

3.

A short story told to convey a religious truth or lesson is called....

a)

Fable

b)

Miracle story

c)

Parable

d)

Allegory

4.

A prophesy is a(n)

a)

Short story

b)

Expression of God's will

c)

Statement of belief

d)

Code of conduct

5.

The following is an example of which literary form? "Abraham was the father of Isaac, who was the father of Jacob.....Joseph the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ."

a)

Miracle story

b)

Allegory

c)

Biography

d)

Genealogy

6.

A story with a moral, usually containing an animal in it

a)

Etiology

b)

History

c)

Fable

d)

Pronouncement story

7.

Comparison where many elements stand for something deeper, a metaphor

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allegory

c)

Poetry

d)

Riddle

8.

4th century translation of the Bible from Greek to Latin by St. Jerome

a)

Vulgate

b)

Scripture

c)

Spanish

d)

None of the above

9.

The official list of inspired books of the Bible is called

a)

Cannon

b)

Canon

c)

Bible

d)

New Testament

10.

Septuagint refers to

a)

the Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible

b)

the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible

c)

the English translation of the Hebrew Bible

d)

the Hebrew translation of the Greek Bible

11.

Apocrypha is a word that refers to

a)

the hidden books of the Protestant Bible

b)

extra books in the Hebrew Bible

c)

all of the books of the Bible

d)

None of the above

12.

What does literal sense mean?

a)

Understanding what the writer made up

b)

Understanding what the writer meant by the words

c)

Looking for a deeper meaning

d)

Ignoring literary forms

13.

Understanding the Bible in the spiritual sense means

a)

we look for the easy answers

b)

we look for a deeper meaning

c)

we look for a translation

d)

we look for the literal interpretation

14.

Moral sense is understanding

a)

what you should believe

b)

history

c)

how you should live your life

d)

where we are going

15.

Exegesis means

a)

the process used by scholars to understand the spiritual meaning of the Bible

b)

the process used by scholars to understand the literal meaning of the Bible

16.

Oral tradition refers to the process of

a)

talking to people by word of mouth

b)

sharing stories and important information by word of mouth

c)

understanding literature

d)

None of the above

17.

Individuals who wrote the earliest forms of the Bible were known as

a)

authors

b)

scribes

c)

tribes

d)

Holy Spirit

18.

Genesis means

a)

"The Beginning"

b)

"The End"

c)

"The Last Time"

d)

"The Ice Age"

19.

Exodus refers to the event when

a)

When God created the world

b)

When Noah survived the flood

c)

When Abraham was granted numerous descendants

d)

Moses led the Chosen People out of Egypt

20.

Vatican II (Second Vatican Council) is when a conference of _________ were called from around the world to consider the Church in the __________ world.

a)

priests; old

b)

bishops; modern

c)

bishops; advanced

d)

cardinals; modern

21.

What is source criticism?

a)

it helps to discover where the Biblical writers got their materials

b)

determines the historical context of the Biblical text

c)

how editors put together their sources

d)

All of the above

22.

"Lectio divina" means

a)

"sacred reading"

b)

a way to pray Scripture

c)

a way to meet the living God

d)

All of the above