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WorksheetsNT Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
The name “Jesus” is an Anglicization of the Greek “Iesous” which is a transliteration for the Hebrew name “Yeshua”, which means:
teacher
salvation
prophet
Emmanuel
Which Gospel begins with the genealogy of Jesus?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Which of the following was a result of the culture in Jesus’ time being very patriarchal?
Men held the political, economic, and religious power.
Women were the leaders of the family.
Jesus paid little attention to women.
Mothers decided who their daughters would marry.
What is the emphasis of Mark’s Gospel?
Jesus is the image of God in the flesh and salvation is available to those who believe and commit their lives to Jesus.
Jesus heals long standing divisions and calls His followers to have a special compassion for the poor and powerless.
Jesus teaches what it means to be a member of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus shows that suffering can be a source of grace when united to His sufferings.
Which of the following is attributed to Emperor Nero?
blaming the fire that destroyed much of Rome on the Christians
persecuting the Christians
burning Christians on crosses
all of the above
Which Gospel was probably written first and provides many details of Jesus’ life, but not his birth?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Who is Jesus sometimes compared to?
John the Baptist
Elijah
the prophets
all of the above
During Jesus’ time, whom do many Jews believe the Messiah will be?
a peaceful king
an earthly military or political ruler
an unknown prophet
like the New Adam
Which Gospel gives us the wide-angle view of Jesus’ life, focusing on Jesus’ wider appeal to save everyone, including those not highly valued by society?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Which of these Gospels focuses on connections between Jesus and the Old Testament?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
What is the mystery of the two natures in one Divine Person of Jesus Christ called?
Sacred Tradition
hypostatic union
Paschal Mystery
Messiah
Where is the fullness of God’s Divine Revelation found?
in the Bible
in the Gospels
in Jesus Christ
in the Church
Why do the four Gospels each offer a unique perspective?
They were written by different authors.
They were written for different audiences.
They were written in different historical situations.
all of the above
Which of the following are the synoptic Gospels?
Matthew, Luke, and John
Mark, Luke, and John
Matthew, Mark, and John
Matthew, Mark, and Luke
What images do parables use to communicate religious messages?
religious images
everyday images
Old Testament images
Greek images
Which Gospel, most likely written last, focuses on Jesus’ divine nature, giving details about Jesus and his relationship with God and the Holy Spirit?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The free and undeserved gift that God gives us to empower us to respond to his call and to live as his adopted sons and daughters is:
grace
faith
justification
salvation
Which of the following statements is true regarding the natures of Jesus Christ?
Jesus is one Person with a human nature and a divine nature.
Jesus is one Person who is divine but only appears to be human.
Jesus is one Person who is truly just a human but is very holy like God.
Jesus is one Person who is mostly human and a little divine.
The twenty-seven books of the Bible, which have the life, Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ:
the Old Testament
Pentateuch
the New Testament
the Torah
This Hebrew word means "anointed one."
Messiah
Christ
Lord
Jesus
What is the primary cultural value that defined life in first-century Palestine?
keeping the Roman authorities happy
making a living
being committed to family
accumulating wealth
Why is the ending of Mark’s Gospel unique?
It has no report of Jesus’ Ascension.
It has an account of Saint Paul’s early travels.
It has two endings.
It has another account of Jesus walking on water.
Why does God take on human form?
God knows he is difficult for us to grasp.
God knows he has to approach us in a way that we can understand.
God wants to be sure that we understand his message of salvation.
all of the above
Which of the following parables is found in all 3 Synoptic Gospels?
The Rich Man and Lazarus
The Rejected Stone
The Lost Coin
The Wedding Banquet
This Greek word means repentance, a radical change of mind and heart, and a total turning away from sin and the world to embrace God.
parabole
eschatology
hypostatic
metanoia
The first of Matthew's five major discourses, found in Matthew 3:1-7:29, is
Jesus' instruction to His12 Apostles
the Sermon on the Mount
the six parables
the final judgement
Which two Gospels include the infancy narratives?
Mark and Luke
Mark and Matthew
Matthew and Luke
Mark and John
Luke's Gospel is characterized by parallel stories between
Jews and Samaritans
male and female characters
Pharisees and Samaritans
Jews and Greeks
Luke's Gospel is dedicated to "Theophilus", a name which means
friend of God
learned scholar
master
angelic guest
Jesus and His family are refugees in Egypt during His childhood because
they had to go there for the Roman census
there was a famine in Israel
King Herod wanted Jesus dead
they go there with the Magi
Apostolic origin, widespread acceptance, and conformity with the rule of faith are all criteria for
a book being a part of the New Testament
a book being considered a Gospel
a book being part of the Septuagint
a book being considered Deuterocanonical
This New Testament writer is responsible for writing 1/5th of the New Testament and was a great missionary and preacher of the early Church, but he began by persecuting Christians
Luke
John
Paul
Matthew
Which of the temptations Jesus underwent was an invitation from the devil to take a supposedly "easier path"?
turn rocks into bread
jump off the top of the temple
worship the devil
become a military warlord
One of the reasons that the Catholic Old Testament includes more books than the Jewish canon is because
the Catholic Bible includes books written in both Greek and Hebrew
the Catholic Bible includes appendixes
the Jewish Bible removed anything that could pertain to Jesus
the Catholic Bible added new books at the Council of Trent
Luke's story of Simon of Cyrene carrying Jesus's cross is parallel to the story of:
the Ninevites
women see Jesus buried
Jesus meets the women on the way to Calvary
the bleeding woman is healed
Whose genealogy traces Jesus's ancestry all the way back to Adam?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Which Gospel begins with the Baptism of Jesus?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Which Gospel writer was writing after the Romans had destroyed Jerusalem, during the reigns of Vespasian and Titus?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The intent of a parable is to
affect the listener with a simple but profound moralizing message
confuse the listener with complicated imagery
teach a lesson in a very dry and clinical manner
explain the mathematical concept of parabola
One of the few stories given in the Gospel about Jesus as a child is
when He discovers that He is God's Son
when he stays behind in the Temple of Jerusalem without His parents' knowledge
when He walks on water
when He performs a miraculous healing for a blind man
This Apostle was originally a fisherman, but he became a follower of Jesus at the invitation of his brother, Andrew:
Paul
Simon Peter
James
John
Mary's cousin, who is the mother of John the Baptist, is named
Rebekah
Miriam
Elizabeth
Anna
This Gospel writer departs from the typical way of writing genealogies by including some women:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
