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Rerum Novarum

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The capitalists or “bourgeoisie” class

a)

Owned land and the means of production

b)

Give the land to the lower class

c)

Shared the profits with proletariat

d)

Owned little or nothing at all

2.

The Enclosure Act entailed that

a)

The land belongs to farmers

b)

The land belongs to a large landowner

c)

The land owners can harvest all their crops and keep them.

d)

None of the above

3.

The laborers or “proletariat” class

a)

Owned little or nothing at all.

b)

Shared the profits with the bourgeoisie

c)

Owned land and the means of production

d)

Gave up freely their land

4.

Some of the benefits to the employer to have child labor were

a)

Ability to work with machines that were difficult for adults

b)

They were paid much less than adults

c)

Children were given food and water during work

d)

They could work less than 8 hours

5.

Many children were forced to work in order to help support their families.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Karl _____________ and Frederick __________________ publish the Communist Manifesto in 1848.

a)

Marx, Engels

b)

Frank , Engels

c)

Marx, Nitzche

d)

Engels, Marx

7.

Marxist Communism is essentially

a)

Theistic

b)

Atheistic

8.

Marx said religion is the “________________ of the people.”

a)

Opium

b)

Rerum

c)

Mayan

d)

Honey

9.

Pope Leo XIII agrees with Marx and Engel’s analysis of the problems in the world but

a)

Gives a different proposal on how to solve it.

b)

Doesn’t propose anything

c)

People should follow only state rules.

d)

People should follow only Church's rules.

10.

1. Marx and Engels wanted to eliminate _____________.

a)

Private property

b)

State property

c)

International property

d)

Communal property

11.

In God we find the ultimate ______________ of each person.

a)

Dignity

b)

Peace

c)

Love

d)

End

12.

The first duty of the employer is to look and treat every person/employee with________ and not to look at them as merely things in the pursuit of gain.

a)

Pride

b)

Respect

c)

Pity

d)

Compassion

13.

It is in God that we find our ultimate __________ meaning, and value regardless of our situation.

a)

Dignity

b)

Sainthood

c)

Maturity

d)

Power

14.

According to Pope Leo XIII, people have a right to own _______________ property.

a)

Private

b)

Comercial

c)

Comunal

d)

International

15.

1. The Pope said that Communism, in taking away private property, is equivalent to ________________.

a)

Systemic theft

b)

Pandemic

c)

Great schism

d)

Corruption

16.

Which of the following is NOT a right outlined in Rerum Novarum.

a)

Human dignity

b)

a just wage

c)

private property

d)

corporate profits

17.

What was the topic of the encyclical Rerum Novarum

a)

Economics and the plight of workers

b)

Environmental justice

c)

The right to life

d)

The quality of Catholic schools

18.

Which Vatican II Document is most related to Catholic Social Teaching?

a)

Dei Verbum

b)

Sacrosanctum Concilium

c)

Gaudium Et Spes

d)

Lumen Gentium

19.

Rerum Novarum was issued on ______________.

a)

May 15, 1521

b)

May 15, 1891

c)

May 15, 1981

d)

May 15, 1931

20.

What was the proposed solution of Pope Leo XIII?

a)

Provision of just wage

b)

Plight for the poor

c)

Care for the workers

d)

Work for the unemployed