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WorksheetsTheology 9A - Final - Multiple Choice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is it that God desires most of us?
that we know him
that we are successful in life
that we receive the Eucharist each Sunday
that we read religious books
God is inviting us to _______.
a relationship of mutual love and understanding.
a successful life in our Christian community.
health and happiness in our careers.
a position of honor in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The meaning of the name Jesus is _________.
God saves.
savior of the world.
firstborn of God.
he who is to come.
The ________________ is the heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
Deposit of Faith
Apostolic Succession
Old Testament
Magisterium
The historical books of the Old Testament point to ___________.
the saving action of God in the lives of the Israelites.
the Psalms of David and Solomon.
the actions of our first parents after leaving Eden.
sayings and proverbs of the Israelites.
Which is NOT offered by the letters of Saint Paul?
the description of new miracles attributed to Jesus
empowering advice
community news
pastoral encouragement and support
Our main goal in reading Sacred Scripture should be ___________.
to learn about the truths of God's Revelation and His never-ending love for his people.
to gain a good sense of history and accuracy.
to be able to tell the story of Creation.
o be able to explain how the books of the Bible are arranged.
The most important discovery of modern archaeology is the ____________.
Dead Sea Scrolls
Nag Hammadi Documents
Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Gospel of Thomas
The historical writers focus on the settlement of the Promised Land and the _____________________.
unification of the kingdom under David.
parting of the Red Sea
destruction of the Temple.
placement of the Ark of the Covenant.
Which is NOT a prophecy?
a message communicated by a prophet on behalf of the Pharaoh
a message communicated by a prophet on behalf of God
a message of divine direction of consolation for the time period of the prophet
a message including divine direction that may be fulfilled in the future
The authors of the historical books of the Bible intended to write _______________________.
a sacred history that reveals God's plan of salvation.
about the lives of people like Moses and Aaron.
about the historical events of the day.
a history to impress the Israelites with God's vengeance.
What factor determines whether the writing prophets and their messages are classified as major or minor?
the length of their writings
the holiness of their lives
the importance of their messages
their role in salvation history
Which of the following does NOT describe the Scribes who were associated with the Pharisees and Sadducees?
skilled copyists
professional letter writers
interpreters and teachers of the law
judges in Jewish Courts
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called synoptic gospels because _________________.
they are similar in style and content.
they have the same number of chapters.
they use the same images of Jesus.
the writers had similar backgrounds.
At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes in the form of "strong wind" that rests as ____________.
"tongues of fire"
"doves that fly over"
"smoke rising from ashes"
"angels sent from God"
Paul uses this analogy to point out that all parts of a Christian community must work together.
He compares the community to a human body.
He compares them to angels in Heaven.
He speaks of a sower and seed.
He compares his role to the shepherd over the sheep.
"Dei Verbum" taught Catholics how to read the Bible by looking for the Literal Sense & Spiritual Sense of a passage. The Literal Sense ____________.
refers to what the intended message of the human author was for the intended audience.
refers to what God wanted the reader to learn from the words of the human author.
comes after the Spiritual Sense is determined.
is identical to reading the passage in Latin.
"The man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man this one has been taken.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become _________." Genesis 2:23-24
perfection
nature's best friend
like the angels
one body
A Bible passage that points the reader to "eternal life" or "Heaven" uses the _____________.
Anagogical Sense
Allegorical Sense
Moral Sense
None of these
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Religion and Science are ________________.
complimentary
contradictory
consequential
not compatible
After the waters resided from the earth, God promised Noah that He would never destroy the earth by a flood again, and then God put a rainbow in the sky _________________.
because that is what happens after it rains
revealing to the Jewish people that Moses will be coming.
as a sign of the Covenant.
because that is what happens after it rains.
At one point, the entire world had one language and they decided to build ____________________, to be like God.
an ark made of gopher wood
a tower made of bricks
a lake made of an earthen dam
a mountain out of stone
Catholics take a ______________ approach to reading Scripture.
Contextualist
literalist
figurative
fundamentalist
In Genesis 2, we find a detailed story about the creation of __________.
the Earth.
animals.
the Garden of Eden.
humans.
Heaven is a state of eternal life and union with God, in which a person experiences full happiness and satisfaction with God.
True
False
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are _____________________________.
the first Epistles of the New Testament.
the symbolic form of the teachings of Jesus.
the only books which record the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus.
the story of how the Church began.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) said, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
True
False
God blessed the seventh day and _______ , because He had rested from all His work of creation.
then made humans in His image
made it holy
made it equal to the first six days
none of these
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a Christian philosopher and a Doctor of the Church, though he never used logic to prove God's existence.
True
False
Sin is often defined as missing the mark of love or as a deliberate offense, in thought, word, or deed against ________________.
one of the Ten Commandments,
the will of the cose people.
the trust the will of God.
the lases of the Torah.
The Acts of the Apostles was written by Luke and recorded ____________.
the end times in symbolic form.
the stories of the formation of the early church.
all the parables of Jesus.
all of the miracles performed by Jesus.
The Catholic Letters are written by __________.
4 of the Apostles of Jesus.
Apostle Paul.
Apostle Peter
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The Creation accounts in the Book of Genesis are ______________________.
scientifically accurate.
scientifically contradictory.
religiously complementary.
religiously contradictory.
The Greek word "Evangelion" means "Good News" and refers to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
True
False
The Greek word Genesis means _______, and Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament.
"original"
"exodus"
"beginning"
"paradise"
The Magisterium includes only the Pope and is the official Teaching Authority of the Catholic Church.
True
False
The Book of Revelation was written by John and revealed God's truth in a symbolic style of writing known as ___________________.
the Hebrew Literature
Apocalyptic Literature
Greek Literature
Hebrew Literature
The New Testament canon contains _____books.
21
27
37
46
The __________ section of the Old Testament includes the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Amos, Micah and many more..
Pentateuch (Torah)
Historical
Prophets
Wisdom & poetry
The ______________, the teaching authority of the Church, published the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) to teach the laity.
Theologians
Priests
Magisterium
Doctors of the Church like Thomas Aquinas
The ___________ includes the first 5 books of the Bible which contains the stories of the Creation of the world and all the Mosaic laws.
Pentateuch (Torah)
Historical
Prophets
Wisdom & Poetry
The _________ section of the Old Testament includes 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, and 1&2 Chronicles, and more.
Pentateuch (Torah)
Historical
Prophets
Wisdom & Poetry
The ________ refer to all the Pauline Letters and the Catholic Letters written by four of the Apostles and were meant to teach Christian doctrine and address Church problems and issues.
Gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Epistles
Book of Revelation
The books of Proverbs and Psalms are in the Old Testament section called the _____________ section.
Pentateuch (Torah)
Historical
Wisdom & Poetry
Prophets
The first 5 books of the Bible, called the Torah in Hebrew and Pentateuch in Greek, were written by Moses.
True
False
The inherited human tendency toward sin is called
concupiscence
Original Holiness
Original Sin
The Fall
The word _____ means Covenant. The Covenants of the Old Testament are fulfilled by the New Covenant in the New Testament, Jesus Christ.
Pentateuch
Septuagint
Torah
Testament
Which of the following is the best response to explain God's Original Plan?
God's plan of creation included love and hate, perfection and sin.
God created humans, a perfect world of creation, love, and family life.
It begins with seven days of creation and Adam and Eve were created and formed on the seventh day.
It did not include the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam planted that next to the Tree of Life.
Which of the following terms does NOT help a reader to understand or interpret the Bible?
Contextual Approach
Spiritual Sense
Literal Sense
Fundamental Approach
Jesus' last name is Christ.
True
False
