New Testament Chapter 1 Test Practice
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- 1.The Old Testament tells us about
- A.
Jesus's life
- B.
The apostles
- C.
God's covenant with his chosen people
- D.
The effects of original sin plaguing the world
- 2.Who is the New Testament?
- A.
Jesus
- B.
God
- C.
Abraham
- D.
Moses
- 3.The climax of Salvation History, the coming of Jesus Christ, the fullness of God's Revelation
- A.
Old Testament
- B.
New Testament
- C.
Old Covenant
- D.
New Covenant
- 4.Catholics believe that who is the true author of the Sacred Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments?
- A.
God
- B.
Jesus
- C.
The Apostles
- D.
Divinely inspired peoples
- 5.The Holy Spirit teaches truth through the Bible without destroying the free and personal activity of the human writer.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The guidance given to the human authors of Sacred Scripture so they wrote what God wanted written for our benefit.
- A.
New Covenant
- B.
Inspiration
- C.
Canon
- D.
Holy Spirit
- 7.The Spirit uses the individual talents and insights of the various writers to compose the sacred text. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What does the word Gospel mean?
- A.
Good News
- B.
Jesus
- C.
Apostle writings
- D.
The Word of God
- 9.
- A.
Jesus is the Good News of God's love and salvation for all of humanity
- B.
Preaching about Jesus is also good news. To tell other about the Gospel of Jesus and what he accomplished for us is good news.
- C.
Jesus's forgiveness is also good news. It allowed humanity to rise to a new level and recognize original sin.
- D.
There are four written versions of the Good News, what we call the four gospels.
- 10.Why are there four written versions of the Gospel?
- A.
Four is God's favorite number
- B.
God wanted four different perspectives of Jesus
- C.
One for each stage of Jesus's life: Birth, Childhood, Adulthood, Death
- D.
Because Jesus had four apostles
- 11.An evangelist is
- A.
A person who proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ
- B.
A person who believes in the angel of Gabriel preaching about the birth of Jesus
- C.
A person who was converted from Judaism to Christianity
- D.
The leader of the Catholic Church
- 12.Who were the four evangelists?
- A.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
- B.
Luke, Mark, Matthew, and Joshua
- C.
Matthew, Joshua, Luke, and Mark
- D.
Joshua, Luke, Mark, and John
- 13.The Holy Spirit was at work to make sure that what the Evangelist wrote was true about Jesus. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.The canon is
- A.
The hidden books in the back of the Protestant Bible
- B.
The official list of the inspired books of the Bible. Catholics list forty-six Old Testament books and twenty-seven New Testament books in the canon
- C.
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which because of their similarities, can be "seen together" in parallel columns and mutually compared
- D.
The seventy-one member supreme legislative and judicial body of the Jewish people. Many of its members were Sadducees
- 15.The Greek word kanon literally means what; later it came to mean "rule" or "norm"
- A.
Measuring rod
- B.
Of morals
- C.
From the holy cane
- D.
King's staff
- 16.By BC 200, the four Gospels, the Pauline Epistles, Acts, and some other Epistles were generally accepted as inspired. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.By the year AD 367, Chuch Father St. (who) fixed the canon at the present twenty-seven books?
- A.
Peter
- B.
Paul
- C.
Agastanian
- D.
Athanasius
- 18.The Council of what taught as a matter of Church doctrine that this canon was the inspired word God left with the Church?
- A.
Nicea
- B.
Worms
- C.
Trent
- D.
Vatican II
- 19.Which of the following does not qualify writings to be in the canon?
- A.
Apostolic origin
- B.
Widespread acceptance
- C.
Conformity to rule of faith
- D.
A moral purpose
- 20.All twenty-seven books of the New Testament were written in what, also known as common Greek?
- A.
Koine
- B.
Agathe
- C.
Halusko
- D.
Dionysus
- 21.How many Pauline Epistles are there?
- A.
4
- B.
7
- C.
11
- D.
13
- 22.Which one of the following Gospel is the Acts of the Apostles?
- A.
Matthew
- B.
Mark
- C.
Luke
- D.
John
- 23.Which one of the following is not a style of writing?
- A.
Gospels
- B.
Holy Letters
- C.
Hebrews
- D.
Catholic Epistles
- E.
Revelation
- 24.This prophet's writings are considered revelation writing. Who's apocalyptic writing is this?
- A.
Matthew
- B.
Mark
- C.
Luke
- D.
John
- 25.What are the heart of the Bible?
- A.
The Apostles
- B.
The Trinity
- C.
The Gospels
- D.
God and Jesus
- 26.Which three were part of the formation of the Gospels?
- A.
The period of the public life and teaching of Jesus
- B.
The period before the birth of Jesus
- C.
The written Gospels themselves
- D.
A period of oral tradition and preaching by the Apostles and early disciples of Jesus
- 27.Jesus was born around 4-6 BC, lived a normal Jewish life in his youth, and learned what trade?
- A.
Carpentry
- B.
Farming
- C.
Preaching
- D.
Scribing
- 28.Who was the Roman that crucified Jesus in the year 30 AD in Jerusalem?
- A.
Judas
- B.
Bacchus
- C.
Pontius Pilate
- D.
Julius Caesar
- 29.Jesus' early disciples, claim to have seen Jesus before he was born. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 30.The disciples began to live in the light of the
- A.
Eucharist
- B.
Ascension
- C.
Resurrection
- D.
Second Coming
- 31.Kerygma was
- A.
The vernacular of Rome
- B.
The preaching to nonbelievers
- C.
The term for Jesus in Greek
- D.
The name of the emperor who outlawed Christianity
- 32.The didache meant
- A.
Speaking in public
- B.
The teaching
- C.
The Holy Bible
- D.
The sacrament of Penance
- 33.Which of the following words literally means to "sound down" or repeat a message to explain it more clearly in depth?
- A.
Kerygma
- B.
Canon
- C.
Catechesis
- D.
Messianic
- 34.The process of religious instruction and formation in the major elements of Catholic faith.
- A.
Catechesis
- B.
Didache
- C.
Kerygma
- D.
Resurria
- 35.Which of the following were forms of oral preaching?
- A.
Kerygma
- B.
Didache
- C.
Liturgy
- D.
Eucharist
- 36.The final stage in the process was the actual writing of the Gospels and other books of the New Testament. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 37.The newest New Testament writings are the letters of St. Paul. True or False
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 38.In the first century, the ordinary way of teaching and learning was through pictograms. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 39.Which is not a reason oral preaching had to be written down?
- A.
Jesus's miracles were being forgotten and needed to be preserved
- B.
The end of the world was not coming as quickly as the early Christians at first thought it would
- C.
Distortions were setting in
- D.
More instruction was needed
- 40.Why does the New Testament require careful study?
- 41.What are two important questions that arise from how we should read the New Testament?
- A.
Do our Sacred Scriptures mean whatever we personally think they mean?
- B.
Is the goal of the Sacred Scripture meant to enlighten us or guide us?
- C.
What is the goal of the writings of the Sacred Scripture?
- D.
Are we to take everything in the Scriptures as the absolute literal truth?
- 42.The Bible should be read both ___________ and _____________. (ans 1, ans 2)
- 43.The Catechism states that to interpret the Bible correctly means...
- 44.Today many Protestant and Catholic Biblical scholars use the historical-literary method of Biblical criticism to study the New Testament. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 45.Literary criticisms analyzes the _________________.
- 46.What are the five subcategories of the historical-literary method of criticism?
- 47.Catholic scholars always approach their study in a spirit of wisdom, realizing that they are the servants of God. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 48.Which of the following are the general criteria the Magisterium have given commentators to help them interpret Sacred Scripture according to the Spirit who inspired it are?
- A.
Look for the moral of the writings
- B.
Pay attention to the content and unity of the whole Scripture
- C.
Focus on what God is trying to show in the text
- D.
Look at Scripture within the living Tradition of the whole Church
- E.
Be attentive to the analogy of faith
- 49.The Church reminds us that there are two senses of Scripture: the ________ and the _________. (ans 1, ans 2)
- 50.This criticism tries to determine what source or sources the Gospel and other New Testamentwriters used to compose their works.
- A.
Historical
- B.
Source
- C.
Redaction
- D.
Textual criticism
- E.
Form
- 51.The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the ________ Gospels.
- 52.The Greek word synoptikos means __________.
- 53.Who was the first Gospel written?
- A.
Matthew
- B.
Mark
- C.
Luke
- D.
John
- 54.Scholars theorize that the authors of Matthew and Luke drew on a common source, known as "_______."
- 55.The Q source comes from the German word Quelle, meaning
- A.
Love
- B.
Unknown
- C.
Source
- D.
Inspiration
- 56.It was ______ who invented the Gospel form of literature.
- 57.A goal of Historical criticism is the discover the
- A.
Literal sense
- B.
Moral
- C.
Intentions of God
- D.
Date of the event
- 58.Criteria to trace back reports from the Gospels to Jesus include
- A.
Linguistic analysis
- B.
Moral compromise
- C.
Originality
- D.
Convergence
- E.
Consistency
- 59.Jesus spoke the language of
- A.
Hebrew
- B.
Arabic
- C.
Aramaic
- D.
Latin
- 60.If Jesus says a common phrase then a strong case can be made that it probably directly goes to him. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 61.This criteria states if texts do not rely on each other, or do not have the same source, you can make a strong argument that these sayings or events are likely to be authentic.
- A.
Linguistic analysis
- B.
Originality
- C.
Convergence
- D.
Consistency
- 62.Consistency is a criteria that states if a saying or action "____________" with the whole body of Jesus' teaching or actions, then you can make a pretty good case that it is traceable to Jesus.
- 63.Form criticism helps us to read the Gospels intelligently and identify the genres of the New Testament. Each has its own rules for composition and ways of conveying _______.
- A.
Morals
- B.
Truth
- C.
Love
- D.
Prayer
- 64.Form criticism studies how the different literary units (genres) took on their particular shape during the period of ________________.
- 65.___________ criticism focuses on the Evangelists as editors: how and why they arranged their sources the way they did
- A.
Source
- B.
Historical
- C.
Form
- D.
Redaction
- E.
Textual
- 66.What does redact mean?
- 67.W We do not possess any original manuscripts penned by the Evangelists or any other New Testament writer. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 68.Codex Vaticanus is the newest of all the important collections of the New Testament. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 69.Who wrote an entire translation of the Bible into Latin?
- A.
St. Athanasius
- B.
St. Jerome
- C.
Pope Pius XII
- D.
Pope Damascus
- 70.Today we read the Bible in our own language, or the vernacular. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 71.Which one of the following is not a Catholic Bible?
- A.
King James Version
- B.
New Revised Standard Version
- C.
Revised English Bible
- D.
New International Version
- 72.TeWhich pope encouraged writing the Bible in other languages?
- A.
Pope Peter
- B.
Pope Damascus
- C.
Pope Pius XII
- D.
Pope John Paul II
- 73.StamentThe New American Bible and New Jerusalem Bible are BOTH English translations of the Bible. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
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