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WorksheetsLevel 2 Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Another name the New Year in Ethiopia:
Enqutatash
Rosh Hashanah
Qudus Yohannes
The Year of Matthew
Re'ese Awde Amet
The main reason(s) why the Ethiopian New Year is celebrated in the month of September are:
The length of the day and night are equal in every part of the world.
The creation of Adam and Eve happened in September.
It is a random choice by the early Church Fathers
The Egyptians imposed it.
The year 2014 will be the Year of St __________________.
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The year with the sixth epagomenal (ጳጉሜን) day also known as Leap Year (ሠግር) is designated as the Year of St.___________
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Ethiopian Christmas is celebrated on January 6th (ታኅሣሥ ፳፰) once every four years in the Year of St.____________
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The 13th month of the Ethiopian year is:
5 days long
30 days long
5 or 6 days long
5.25 days long
The New Year's day of 2014 will be on:
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
How long was the Old Testament time?
550 years
5500 years
3500 years
it is not known
The era after the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ is known as:
age of condemnation
age of the world
Year zero
The age of mercy
Which one was the last of the Old Testament Prophets?
Haggai
Ezra
Malachi
Nehemiah
At the time of the birth of John the Baptist, who ruled the Jewish nation?
The Persians
The Greeks
The Egyptians
The Romans
The message of John the Baptist to the Jewish nation was:
Get ready God’s Kingdom is on it way!
Get ready for the new king who shall set you free from the Romans
If you have more food and clothes than you need, share with others.
You must tell God how sorry you are for doing evil and begin to live lives that please him.
John's baptism was a sign that:
God has forgiven them and given them a clean and new start
The Jewish are God’s chosen people
They are getting ready to set up the Jewish Kingdom again
They start to live a happy and prosperous life
Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John. But John tried to deter him, saying:
I need to baptise the people first.
You are already baptised.
I need to be baptised by you
We must baptise the people together
What happened after Jesus was baptised?
The heaven was opened
The Spirit of God descended like a dove and sat on Him.
A voice came from heaven saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
John went back to the desert
Why was John the Baptist arrested?
Because he baptised Jesus.
Because he told Herod that he did wrong to take away his brother’s wife.
Because he told King Herod that he shouldn't obey the Romans
Because King Herod liked him so much.
Our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in:
the Temple of Jerusalem
Golgotha
Bethlehem
Galilee
The Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed Jerusalem to__________
Aelia Capitolina
Syria Palaestina
Rome
Italia
The Roman Emperor Hadrian built a temple to the pagan god Jupiter Capitolinus at the site of the tomb of Christ.
TRUE
FALSE
At the site of the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus now stands the Church of Holy ______.
Sepulchre
Nativity
Ascension
Cana
A fragment of the True Cross arrived in Ethiopia at the reign of Emperor _______ in the 14th Century.
Menelik
Hailesilassie
Zera Yakob
Dawit
The fragment of the True Cross is now kept in Ethiopia in a place called_________
Amba Geshen
Debre Berhan
Gundo Meskel
Debre Tabor
Amba Geshen was chosen as a final resting place for the True Cross because itself has a cross-shaped plan.
TRUE
FALSE
One of the following is NOT TRUE about prayer.
It is a stillness of the mind
It is talking to God
It is a spiritual journey to heaven
Must be repeated to be effective.
When you pray, you will do all of the following except ____.
Bless your self
Praise God
Confess your sins
Think about the last time you have been to the cinema.
Praise yourself for being so good
What do a honey bee tell you about prayer?
that you must recite your prayer loudly
that you must pray frequently for your prayer to be heard
that you must pray inaudibly in your heart
that you must pray very early in the morning
You MUST NOT do one of the following while praying.
Stand up
Gird yourself
Make the sign of the cross
Kneel down and prostrate
Recite the words of the prayer loudly so that others can hear and learn
What are the instances you kneel down and prostrate while praying?
At the start end
At the mention of the name of God
At the mention of the name St Mary
At the mention of the Cross
The CORRECT order of making the sign of the cross is:
Head->Chest->Left->Right
Left->Right->Head->Chest
Head->Chest->Right->Left
Chest->Head->Left->Right
While making the sign of the cross, where would our hand be positioned while saying "and of the Holy Spirit"?
Head
Chest
Left Shoulder
Right Shoulder
One of the following is NOT TRUE about the Creed:
recited in all kidassie
recited during baptismal rite
is a prayer of faith
is an expression of the five pillars of faith
all Christian denominations recite it.
During Kidassie, who calls for the Creed to be recited?
the Priest
the People
the Sub-Deacon
the Deacon
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has two creeds:
The Lord and St Mary
The Apostles and the Nicene
St John and St Basil
St Athanasius and St Cyril
We believe in one God, Maker of all creation, Father of our Lord and our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, because his nature is unsearchable. This is the beginning of the _____
Nicene Creed
Apostles Creed
We believe in one God, God the Father Almighty, who created heaven and earth, and all things seen and unseen.
This the beginning of:
The Nicene Creed
The Apostles Creed
There are (a) Anaphora's in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
During Orthodox baptismal rite, the baptized faces eastward to renounce Satan and all his evil thoughts and deeds. Again, the baptized returns westward and recite the Creed to confess the belief in Christ.
TRUE
FALSE
At the time of Decius and Valerian, Christians would often pray that they might die by the sword for the name of Christ but the the tormentors wanted them to die a slow death. Why?
They wanted to be kind to them
They hoped that they might change their mind.
They didn't want to be seen as cruel
They were tired of killing them
St Paul the first hermit was _________by birth.
Roman
Greek
Egyptian
Ethiopian
Who brought bread to St Paul the hermit? It was a______
lion
crow
fox
cow
When St Anthony visited St Paul the hermit___________
the crow brought two loaves of bread
two lions came and started serving them with food
St Anthony gave St Paul his coat
St Paul gave St Anthony his coat
St Paul the hermit's coat was made from:
Camel's hair
Cotton
Palm leaves
Silk
What did St Anthony find when he returned the second time to St Paul's cell?
St Paul praying
St Paul eating food
St Paul dead in a praying position
St Paul talking to the lions
Where in the bible do you find the verse, "Out of Egypt I called My Son"?
Daniel
Isaiah
Hosea
Jeremiah
When King Herod heard from the Magi that a king was born, he __________________.
was happy and all of Jerusalem with him.
called the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law and told where the Messiah was to be born.
called the Magi secretly and told them the exact time the star had appeared
He requested the Magi to report back to him about the child when they had found him
All
Who led the Magi to Bethlehem to look for the child?
The Chief Priests
King Herod
The star
The shepherds
The Magi presented Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The gift of gold symbolises__________.
His Priesthood
His Kingship and Divinity
His death and burial
His childhood
After worshiping the Child and giving gifts, the Magi______.
went back to Jerusalem to report to king Herod about the child.
took the Child with them to Egypt
returned to their country without informing Herod
stayed in Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph
Who warned Joseph that Herod was going to search for the child to kill him?
The Magi
The Angel Gabriel
Jewish Priests
Herod's Soldiers
Back from Egypt, Jesus lived in_________
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Alexandria, Egypt
