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Introduction To Scripture

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

God's communication, or God's Word in written form is called...

a)

Divine Inspiration

b)

Bible

c)

Sacred Tradition

d)

Divine Revelation

2.

The official collection of biblical books that the Church recognizes as the inspired Word of God is called...

a)

Gnostic

b)

Apostolic Succession

c)

Sacred Tradition

d)

Canon

3.

God inspired human authors to compose the Bible.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which sense of scripture analyzes what the words mean at a deeper level?

a)

Literal Sense

b)

Spiritual Sense

c)

Moral Sense

5.

Because of the uniqueness of the bible as God’s inspired word, it must be read differently than any other type of book.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

All English translated Bibles contain the same amount of books.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In the following scripture, what is the book?


Luke 6:37-42

a)

Luke

b)

6

c)

37-42

d)

None of these

8.

In the following scripture, what is the chapter?


Luke 6:37-42

a)

Luke

b)

6

c)

37-42

d)

None of these

9.

In the following scripture, what are the verses?


Luke 6:37-42

a)

Luke

b)

6

c)

37-42

d)

None of these

10.

The most important symbol of the Jewish faith. It served as the only physical manifestation of God on earth. The Ark was built while the Israelites wandered in the desert and was used until the building of the First Temple.

a)

Ark of Knowledge

b)

Ark of the Covenant

c)

Noah's Ark

11.

Old Testament manuscripts discovered in 1947 in a cave near the Dead Sea along with other writings. The manuscripts have proved very valuable to scholars studying the Old Testament and have revealed some Jewish practices in Jesus’ day.

a)

Dead Sea Scrolls

b)

Living Dead scrolls

c)

Scrolls of Narnia

12.

One who proclaims in word and deed the Good News of Jesus Christ. “The Four Evangelists” refers to the authors of the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

a)

Author

b)

Evangelist

c)

God

13.

People trained to write using the earliest forms of writing before literacy was widespread.

a)

Teachers

b)

Presidents

c)

Scribes

14.

A conference of bishops from around the world called by St. John XXIII to consider the Church in the modern world. It took place from 1962 to 1965.

a)

Paris Agreement

b)

Council of Trent

c)

Second Vatican Council

15.

The Septuagint is Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. The term is from a Latin word meaning “seventy” for the legendary seventy scholars who worked on the translation.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Vulgate is St. Jerome’s fourth-century translation of the Bible from Greek into the common language of the people of his day, Latin.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth.

a)

Gossip

b)

Oral Tradition

c)

Ancient Thought

18.

The prayer of the Church at specific times of the day; also known as the Divine Office. The Liturgy of the Hours uses readings from Scripture, particularly the psalms, and hymns.

a)

Liturgy of the Night

b)

Liturgy of the Day

c)

Liturgy of the Hours

19.

The official public worship of the church. The 'Mass' is the most important liturgical celebration

a)

Sacrament

b)

Liturgy

c)

Reconciliation

20.

A term for non-Jews

a)

Gentiles

b)

Americans

c)

Belizeans

21.

Literary genre is a type of writing that has a particular form, style, or content.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A Benedictine prayer tradition of “sacred reading”; its intent is for the person praying to meet God through the Scriptures.

a)

Liturgy of the Hours

b)

Divine Revelation

c)

lectio divina

23.

A foundational event in the history of the Chosen People that occurred when Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt and slavery.

a)

Exile

b)

Excursion

c)

Exodus

24.

The process used by scholars to discover the literal meaning of the biblical text.

a)

Exegesis

b)

External

c)

Extreme

25.

Apocrypha literally means "hidden"

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Deuterocanonical means 'second canon' to acknowledge that the books are not a part of the Jewish canon.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The official number of books in the Catholic Old Testament is...

a)

49

b)

76

c)

46

28.

The three canons of the bible are....

a)

Jewish, Catholic, Hindu

b)

Jewish, Catholic, Polish

c)

Jewish, Catholic, Protestant

29.

Sr. Amina is....

a)

a Sister of Charity of Nazareth

b)

From Belize

c)

speaks more than one language

d)

All of the above