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Prayer

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is talking and listening to God?

a)

Vice

b)

Prayer

c)

Relic

d)

Canon

2.

What is prayer?

a)

A raising of the heart and mind to God

b)

Conversation with God

c)

Bullying classmates

d)

Disrespecting creation

3.

Thanksgiving is...

a)

earnestly and humbly asking for something of God.

b)

eating lots of turkey.

c)

praises and expressions of gratitude to God for the graces and benefits received by God.

d)

the voluntary subjection of oneself to God.

4.

Which is an expression or prayer?

a)

Vocal

b)

Meditative

c)

Mental

d)

"all of the above"

5.

Which is a form of prayer?

a)

Blessing, Adoration

b)

Petition, Intercession

c)

Thanksgiving, Praise

d)

"All of the above"

6.

Which of the following would be considered contemplative prayer?

a)

Peacefully resting in God's presence

b)

Reading a spiritual book by St. Francis of Assisi

c)

Praying a Rosary and focusing on each mystery

d)

Saying The Our Father during Mass

7.

"Watch over my loved ones" is a prayer of...

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

Praise & Adoration

c)

Intercession

d)

Petition

8.

What form of prayer asks God to take care of the needs of another?

a)

Petition

b)

Intercession

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Praise & Adoration

9.

What form of prayer is a response of gratitude for a gift from God?

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

Petition

c)

Praise & Adoration

d)

Intercession

10.
A petition is
a)
a request.
b)
worship.
c)
a trespass.
11.

Intercession is prayer for...

a)

others.

b)

ourselves.

12.

TRUE or FALSE: The Lord's Prayer has been called "a summary of the whole Gospel"?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

TRUE or FALSE: When mental prayer leads to silence or resting in the presence of God, it is called contemplation.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

What is a prayer of "Adoration"?

a)

Prayerful acknowledgement that God is God and creator of all that exists, has existed, or will exist.

b)

Lifting up of one mind and heart to God or Help and forgiving

c)

A prayer form in which one asks God for help and forgiveness

15.

What is a prayer of "Petition"?

a)

A prayer asking God to care for a particular person, place, or activity

b)

The prayerful acknowledgement that God is God and creator of all that is

c)

A prayer in which one asks God for help and/or forgiveness

16.

What is a prayer of "Thanksgiving"?

a)

A prayer on behalf of another person or group

b)

A prayer of gratitude

c)

Christian prayer that gives glory and praise to God, often in a special way to the Three divine persons of the Trinity

17.

What is a prayer of "Intercession"?

a)

A prayer of gratitude for the gift of life and the gifts in life

b)

A prayer on behalf of another person or group

c)

A prayer of acknowledgement that God is God, giving God glory not just for what God does but for who God is

18.

Prayer should always...

a)

be done from the heart

b)

be truthful

c)

sincere

d)

All "of the above"

19.
God wants us to pray to Him because....
a)
He likes hearing His name
b)
He wants us to never have fun
c)
He wants a relationship with us
d)
He is bossy
20.

TRUE or FALSE: Eucharist comes from the Greek word meaning "to give praise."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

A prayer on behalf of another person or group

a)

Petition

b)

Blessing

c)

Intercession

d)

Thanksgiving

22.

What is a form of prayer in which a person uses his or her concepts, imagination, or emotions to focus on a spiritual teaching or biblical story in order to draw closer to God?

a)

Story telling parable

b)

False Prayer

c)

Vocal Prayer

d)

Meditative Prayer

23.

TRUE or FALSE: The first part of the prayer called the Hail Mary is from the New Testament.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

Which saint defined prayer as "the raising up of the heart and mind to God."?

a)

Saint John Bosco

b)

Saint John Damascene

c)

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

d)

Saint Clement of Rome

25.

Which saint said ""True prayer is nothing but love"?

a)

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

b)

Saint Theresa of Avila

c)

Saint Francis

d)

Saint Clare

26.

Saying to God, "I appreciate having my parent or guardian even when we disagree and sometimes get mad at each other...", is what kind of prayer?

a)

Adoration

b)

Confession

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Supplication

27.

What is the "lifeblood" of the spiritual life?

a)

Attending religion class

b)

It is better to give than to receive

c)

Prayer

d)

"None of the above"

28.

Saying to God, "I did something really really bad...", is what kind of prayer?

a)

Adoration

b)

Confession

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Praise

29.

TRUE or FALSE: The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls prayer a relationship that links us to the Trinity and to one another.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

Which saint defined prayer as "intimate, on-going conversational life" with God."

a)

Saint John Bosco

b)

Saint John Damascene

c)

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

d)

Saint Clement of Rome

31.

TRUE or FALSE: Mary's prayer was grounded in humility and faith.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

32.

According to your text: "who is the greatest saint... whose openness and example serves as a model of how to cooperate with the graces of the Holy Spirit"?

a)

Francis of Assisi

b)

Clare of Assisi

c)

Mary, the mother of Jesus

d)

"All of the above."

33.

What is "Lectio Divina"?

a)

Divine love in the formation of service

b)

Divine Reading

c)

Readings during the day

d)

Lectures during class

34.

"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my savior..." is the beginning of which prayer?

a)

Nicene Creed

b)

Apostles Creed

c)

Act of Contrition

d)

Magnificat

35.

"The Glory Be" is an example of what form of prayer?

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

Petition

c)

Adoration

d)

Blessing

36.

What is another name for the prayer called the Our Father?

a)

The Lord's Prayer

b)

The Hail, Holy Queen

c)

The Apostles Creed

d)

The Memorare

37.

Which prayer was composed at the Council of Nicea?

a)

Hail, Holy Queen

b)

The Lord's Prayer

c)

The Nicene Creed

d)

Come, Holy Spirit

38.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

According to scripture, it is the _______________ that prays.

a)

heart

b)

brain

c)

body

d)

legs

39.

What is a prayer on behalf of another person or group?

a)

Blessing

b)

Petition

c)

Intercession

d)

Praise and Adoration

40.

What is a prayer of gratitude for the gift of life and the gifts of life?

a)

Blessing

b)

Petition

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Praise and Adoration

41.

What is a prayer of acknowledgment that God is God, giving God glory not for what God does, but simply because of who God is?

a)

Blessing

b)

Petition

c)

Intercession

d)

Praise and Adoration

42.

What is literal meaning of the word "Eucharist"?

a)

Holy Bread

b)

Communion

c)

Eudaimonia

d)

Thanksgiving

43.

What is part of the Catholic Mass that entails reading from sacred scripture known as?

a)

Liturgy of the Word

b)

Liturgy of the Hours

c)

Liturgy of the Eucharist

d)

The sending forth

44.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

The Lord's Prayer is made up of seven _______________ .

a)

Answers

b)

Sentences

c)

Commands

d)

Petitions

45.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches us to call God ____________.

a)

the Creator

b)

Great One

c)

Our Father

d)

Our Lord

46.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

When we pray for our _________, we ask God for only what we need today.

a)

Family

b)

Happiness

c)

Daily bread

d)

Health

47.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

When we strive to do what God asks of us, we do God's _____.

a)

Command

b)

Will

c)

Response

d)

Annointing

48.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

To _________ means to "offend" or "to sin against".

a)

Tempt

b)

Trespass

c)

Praise

d)

Fail

49.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

____________ gave us The Lord's Prayer.

a)

Mary

b)

The Apostles

c)

Jesus

d)

Joseph

50.

Fill-in the blank from the choices available:

We ask God to help us make good choices and to avoid _____.

a)

Enemies

b)

Temptation

c)

Bad choices

d)

Sin