Dear scholars, I think you may like this one. It has quite a bit of variety, just the thing to round out a bland month like September. Good luck!

1. Scripture

When Jesus used the word “mammon” to what was he referring?

• a) wealth and riches
• b) the miraculous bread that fed the Israelites in the desert
• c) greed
• d) God’s generosity

2. Church Trivia

What is a maniple?

• a) a Swiss Guard’s small ceremonial sword
• b) a small vestment that looks like a mini-stole that priests wore on the left forearm
• c) the center stone in an archway
• d) a sea mammal depicted in first century Christian art used as a metaphor for faithfulness

3. Current Events

Pope Benedict XVI spent Sept. 7-9 on an official visit to this country, including a visit to the Marian shrine at Mariazell, which celebrated its 850th anniversary on Sept. 8.

• a) Portugal
• b) France
• c) South Africa
• d) Austria

4. Popes

Which recent pope’s uncorrupted body is on view in a glass coffin at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome?

• a) Pope John XXIII
• b) Pope John Paul I
• c) Pope John Paul II
• d) Pope Paul VI

5. Hawaii’s Beatified

Which of the following about Blessed Marianne Cope is true?

• a) She wrote the autobiography, “Pilgrimage and Exile.”
• b) She never got seasick traveling between islands.
• c) She founded St. Francis Hospital in Liliha.
• d) Her baptismal name was Barbara.

6. Other Religions

What are the Five Books of Moses, or Torah, in Judaism?

• a) Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Numbers, Judges
• b) Exodus, Deuteronomy, Job, Numbers, Leviticus
• c) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
• d) Numbers, Judges, Esther, Zechariah, Exodus

7. Picture

What is the name of this ring with the image of St. Peter on it that is worn by the pope?

• a) the papal ornament
• b) the fisherman’s ring
• c) the seal of the Savior
• d) the one true ring

8. Religious Orders

What is a novitiate? (Hint: I kind of give it away with the category)

• a) a medieval church noteworthy for having nine side altars used for novenas
• b) the traditional vegetarian cookbook written, published and used by monks
• c) the common name given to the 10 instructions governing the use of sacred vessels
• d) a period of formal probation and formation of a person in a religious community

9. Vatican II

Where were all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council held?

• a) the Sistine Chapel
• b) the Colosseum
• c) St. Peter’s Basilica
• d) the Rome Civic Center

10. Saints

This tenth century “good king” was actually a duke, who promoted Christianity in Bohemia, and is now a patron saint of the Czech Republic (feast day: Sept. 28).

• a) St. George
• b) St. Wenceslaus
• c) St. Vitus
• d) St. Robert

11. Liturgy

Who in the Bible originally used the phrase “Lord, I am not worthy ... ,” which we say before Communion at Mass?

• a) the centurion at Capernaum
• b) the good thief
• c) the paralytic
• d) the Apostle Peter

12. Church in Hawaii

Who was the youngest to be appointed bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu?

• a) Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo
• b) Bishop James J. Sweeney
• c) Bishop Larry Silva
• d) Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario

Answers: 1) a  2) b  3) d  4) a  5) d  6) c  7) b  8) d  9) c 10) b  11) a  12) b