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Worksheets8 Chapter 9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. The monks at Vicovaro thought St. Benedict's rule was too strict so they ____.
A. joined another monastery
B. tried to poison him
C. became angry and asked him to leave
D. prayed to God for help in following the rule
2. The Rule of Saint Benedict states that monks must remain busy, either with ____ or study and prayer.
A. manual work
B. almsgiving
C. singing in the choir
D. evangelizing
3. St. Benedict believed the monastery should be "_____".
A. in the business of God
B. a light for the nations
C. a school for God's service
D. God's chosen place
4. St. Benedict's sister, _____, founded a monastery for nuns.
A. St. Helena
B. Blessed Julian of Norwich
C. St. Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila)
D. St. Scholastica
5. Which is not part of lectio divina?
A. group discussion
B. reading and listening
C. meditating
D. contemplating
6. St. Paul said that no one who is immoral, or who ____, will share in the Kingdom of God.
A. lives outside the Roman Empire
B. prays so others may hear him
C. is an idolater
D. thinks he is too great
7. St. Thomas Aquinas used the writings of ____ to help people understand their faith.
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Constantine
8. In what way were the Dominicans different from the Benedictines?
A. They were great writers
B. They were wealthy
C, They did not become teachers
D. They traveled around preaching
9. What did St. Benedict say was the "enemy of the soul"?
A. jealousy
B. pride
C. idleness
D. selfishness
10. What gift from God requires that we believe that all salvation is found in Jesus Christ?
A. faith
B. virtue
C. wisdom
D. prudence
11. St. Benedict founded a monastery at ____ in AD 529.
A. Vicovaro
B. Rome
C. Monte Cassino
D. Corinth
12. _____ is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
A. hope
B. love
C. charity
D. faith
13. ____ has been called the most learned man who ever lived.
A. St. Paul
B. St. Benedict
C. St. Thomas Aquinas
D. Pope Gregory the Great
14. St. Paul encouraged the Ephesians to live as children of _____.
A. light
B. hope
C. faith
D. prayer
15. A lifelong residence for monks or nuns is a _____.
A. church
B. monastery
C. community house
D. small cabin
16. _____ is a type of religious music attributed to Pope Gregory the Great.
A. Responsorial Psalms
B. Church Music
C. Sacred Hymns
D. Gregorian Chant
17. _____, by St. Thomas Aquinas, combines theology and philosophy.
A. Book of Faith
B. Book of Sermons
C. Summa Theologiae
D. Theology for Philosophers
18. The city known for its worship of the goddess Artemis was _____.
Corinth
B. Athens
C. Ephesus
D. Rome
19. Some people joined the Church for economic and _____ motives after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
A. religious
B. political
C. monetary
D. prayerful
20. The founder of monasticism in Western Europe is _____.
A. St. Thomas Aquinas
B. St. Paul
C. St. Benedict
D. Pope Gregory the Great
