Readers, Here’s our last quiz of Lent. Have an Easter question for me? Let me know on Facebook: www.facebook.com/h.c.harold

1. Lent

When does Lent end?

a) before evening Mass on Holy Thursday

b) on Good Friday at sunset

c) at the Easter Vigil

d) on Easter Sunday morning

2. Saints

Sixteenth century Saint Margaret Clitherow (feast day, March 26) was called the “Pearl of York” because she was martyred for helping hide fugitive priests during a period of persecution against Catholics in her country. Where was she from?

a) Ireland

b) Sweden

c) England

d) Italy

3. Vatican

How big is Vatican City?

a) 5 acres

b) 317,632 acres

c) 10,000 acres

d) 108 acres

4. Lent

Lent lasts 40 days. Forty is a symbolic number that often recurs in the Bible. Which is not an example of this?

a) 40 days for Noah’s flood

b) 40 disciples at Pentecost

c) Jesus’ forty days in the desert

d) 40 years the Israelites wandered in the desert (and 40 days Moses was on Mt. Sinai)

5. Pope

Besides a bear wearing a pack, and a shell, what other symbol is on the shield portion of Pope Benedict XVI’s papal coat of arms? Hint: It’s a person and has been since the 700s a symbol of the Diocese of Freising, of which the pope used to be archbishop.

a) St. Peter

b) a Moor

c) Jesus

d) Martin Luther