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Lent/ Holy Week Test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Christian term for "a belief that we are saved from our sins when we believe in Jesus?"

a)

almsgiving

b)

fasting

c)

salvation

d)

everlasting life

2.

What does it signify when we receive ashes on our heads in the form of a cross on Ash Wednesday?

a)

repentance

b)

turning away from sins

c)

shows the world you are a Christian

d)

ALL of these

3.

Which of the following is the day during Holy Week when we commemorate Jesus's crucifixion and death on a cross?

a)

Holy Thursday

b)

Good Friday

c)

Easter Sunday

d)

Holy Saturday

4.

What is the correct order in which these holy days of Lent take place?

a)

Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, and then Palm Sunday

b)

Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and then Easter Sunday

c)

Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, and then Palm Sunday

5.

On what day during Holy Week do we remember the First Eucharist, or when Jesus celebrated his Last Supper with his disciples before he died?

a)

Easter Sunday

b)

Good Friday

c)

Holy Saturday

d)

Holy Thursday

6.

What is the Catholic term for the sacrifices we make to help those less fortunate than us during Lent--IE, donations of shoes, clothes, money, or food for the poor?

a)

Fasting

b)

Good works

c)

Almsgiving

d)

Presents

7.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"They were born with the taint of original sin."

a)

Humans

b)

God

c)

Both

8.

What did a Roman do to make sure Jesus was really dead?

a)

he broke his legs

b)

he thrust him through with a lance til blood and water came out

c)

he cut his leg til he bled to death

d)

he checked his pulse and his breathing

9.

What is the name of the prisoner the Jewish crowds asked Pilate to release instead of Jesus during his trial before Pilate?

a)

Bartholomew

b)

Judas

c)

Barabbas

10.

Over the head of Jesus was written the following inscription: _________________________.

a)

Jesus our king

b)

Christ the King

c)

He said he was the king of the Jews

d)

Jesus Christ, the Nazorean, king of the Jews

11.

According to the Gospels, which of the following women stood by Jesus when he was dying on the cross?

a)

Mary His Mother and Mary Magdalene

b)

Veronica

c)

Mary, the mother of Clopas

d)

All of these

12.

What is the name of the "Roman leader" who officially condemned Jesus to death by crucifixion?

a)

Caesar

b)

Pontius Pilate

c)

Caiaphas

13.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"They can discern good from evil."

a)

God

b)

Humans

c)

Both

14.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"They have an eternal soul."

a)

God

b)

Humans

c)

Both

15.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"The body of every living member of this group will die one day."

a)

Humans

b)

God

c)

Both

16.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"They are in need of salvation."

a)

Humans

b)

God

c)

Both

17.

Decide if this attribute is characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"It is IMPOSSIBLE for them to sin."

a)

Humans

b)

God

c)

Both

18.

What is the name of the place where Jesus was crucified?

a)

Gethsemane

b)

Golgotha, or place of the skull

c)

the field of blood

d)

Bethlehem

19.

Determine if the following attribute is a characteristic of GOD, HUMANS, or BOTH:

"Every one of their kind is GUARANTEED to live forever in heaven because they have never sinned."

a)

God

b)

Humans

c)

Both

20.

According to the Gospel of Matthew, what happened immediately after Jesus's death on the cross?

a)

Tombs were opened and the dead were raised.

b)

There was an earthquake in Jerusalem.

c)

The veil in the holy place of the Temple was torn in two.

d)

ALL of these.

21.

Which of the following were Jesus's LAST WORDS before he died, according to John 19:30?

a)

"It is finished."

b)

"Now I will go to my Father."

c)

"Behold, I will be with you always until the end of the world."

22.

When Jesus saw the Apostle John and his Mother, Mary, keeping watch with him as he was dying on the cross, he said to John:

__________________________.

a)

"Don't weep for me."

b)

"Behold, I go to my Father."

c)

"Behold, your mother!"

23.

What was the name of the rich man who asked for Jesus's body and donated the tomb where Jesus was buried?

a)

Simon Peter

b)

Nicodemus

c)

Joseph of Arimathea

d)

John the Beloved Disciple