12/20/22 Test

Question 1

What is the color of Advent?

Answer 1

purple

Question 2

What does the color purple represent?

Answer 2

a sign of expectation

Question 3

What is the color of Christmas?

Answer 3

white

Question 4

When does the Christmas Season begin?

Answer 4

Christmas Day with the birth of the son of God

Question 5

When does Lent begin?

Answer 5

Ash Wednesday

Question 6

What is the color for Lent?

Answer 6

purple

Question 7

What is the color for Good Friday?

Answer 7

red

Question 8

What word means 3 days?

Answer 8

triduum

Question 9

What is the Church’s greatest and most important celebration?

Answer 9

Easter Triduum

Question 10

What are the colors for the other days of the Triduum?

Answer 10

white

Question 11

What is the day on which the sun crosses the equator making day and night of equal length everywhere?

Answer 11

The Spring Equinox

Question 12

What does the Liturgical Year begin with?

Answer 12

Advent

Question 13

What is the time to prepare for the celebration for Jesus’ birth?

Answer 13

Advent

Question 14

When does the Easter Season begin and continue?

Answer 14

It begins on Easter Sunday and continues until Pentecost Sunday

Question 15

What is the color for the Easter season?

Answer 15

White

Question 16

The whole Easter season is white except for what day?

Answer 16

Pentecost

Question 17

Which day during the Easter season uses the color red?

Answer 17

Pentecost

Question 18

T/F: The season of Ordinary Time is celebrated in 2 parts. The first part is between Christmas and Lent. The second part is between Easter and Advent.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is the color for Ordinary Time?

Answer 19

green

Question 20

Which color is a sign of life and hope?

Answer 20

green

Question 21

What are the Holy Days of Obligation?

Answer 21

Solemnity of Mary - January 1st, Ascension - 40 days after Easter Sunday, Assumption of Mary - August 15, All Saint’s Day - November 1, Immaculate Conception - December 8, Christmas - December 25

Question 22

What is the season of preparation for Jesus’ coming?

Answer 22

Advent

Question 23

What does Advent mean in Latin?

Answer 23

to come

Question 24

How many weeks before Christmas is Advent?

Answer 24

4

Question 25

What is the beginning of the liturgical year?

Answer 25

Advent

Question 26

What is Lent a time of?

Answer 26

prayer, fasting, and almsgiving

Question 27

What was John the Baptist's relation to Jesus?

Answer 27

he was Jesus' cousin

Question 28

What type of season is Advent?

Answer 28

A hopeful as well as penitential season

Question 29

How many candles does the Advent wreath have?

Answer 29

4

Question 30

What word means "rejoice"?

Answer 30

Gaudete

Question 31

The third candle is what color for Gaudete Sunday?

Answer 31

pink

Question 32

How many out of the 4 Advent candles are purple?

Answer 32

3

Question 33

What is the celebration of the Incarnation?

Answer 33

Christmas

Question 34

What is Christmas known as?

Answer 34

the Solemnity of the Nativity

Question 35

What special solemnity is celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8?

Answer 35

the Solemnity of the Epiphany

Question 36

What word comes from the Greek term meaning "manifestation" - to show or to reveal?

Answer 36

epiphany

Question 37

Which gift of the 3 wise men symbolizes Christ's kingship?

Answer 37

Gold

Question 38

Which gift symbolizes Christ's divinity

Answer 38

Frankincense

Question 39

Which gift symbolizes Christ's death as a human being?

Answer 39

Myrrh

Question 40

What is celebrated the Sunday after Christmas?

Answer 40

the Feast of the Holy Family

Question 41

When does the Christmas season end?

Answer 41

The Sunday after Little Christmas (January 6)

Question 42

Who were the Magi?

Answer 42

the "three kings" or "wisemen"

Question 43

Around what time is Easter determined by?

Answer 43

between March 22 and April 25

Question 44

What are the 3 days of the Triduum?

Answer 44

Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday

Question 45

What does the color red represent during Pentecost?

Answer 45

the descent of the Holy Spirit

Question 46

How many parts is Ordinary Time celebrated in?

Answer 46

2

Question 47

What are solemnities where we are obliged to go to Mass?

Answer 47

Holy Days of Obligation