Study Guide

Question 1

Name the 2 Mendicant Orders that emerged out of the High Middle Ages.

Answer 1

a. Franciscans
b. Dominicans

Question 2

Name 2 saints who received the stigmata.

Answer 2

a. St. Catherine of Siena
b. St. Francis of Assisi

Question 3

Who fought in the Hundred Years War?

Answer 3

a. England
b. France
c. Which saint turned the tide of this war in the favor of France? St. Joan of Arc

Question 4

A church serving the secular government is called what?

Answer 4

Gallican Church

Question 5

List 4 women who have the title of Doctor of the Church.

Answer 5

a. St. Catherine of Siena
b. St. Teresa of Ávila
c. St. Thérèse of Lisieux
d. St. Hildegard of Bingen

Question 6

Where has the Church seen the greatest growth in the 20th century?

Answer 6

Africa

Question 7

Which century was the bloodiest in human history thus far?

Answer 7

20th

Question 8

Name the two Catholic Churches in China today. Identify the one which is united with the papacy in Rome.

Answer 8

a. Patriotic Church
b. Underground Church (this one is united with the papacy in Rome)

Question 9

What was the dogma elevated by Pope Pius XII in 1854 regarding Mary?

Answer 9

Assumption of Mary

The study guide mentions Pope Pius XII, but this dogma was actually defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 with the Immaculate Conception. The Assumption of Mary was defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950.

Question 10

Who was in the First Estate before the French Revolution?

Answer 10

Clergy

Question 11

Who formed the Second Estate and how did they worsen France’s economic woes?

Answer 11

Nobility – they exempt themselves from taxes

Question 12

The Third Estate represented about 97% of the population and was made up of which two classes of people?

Answer 12

i. Commoners
ii. Bourgeoisie

Question 13

Name the two groups of people who refused to pay for taxes in the Old Regime before the Revolution.

Answer 13

a. Nobility (2nd Estate)
b. Bourgeoisie

Question 14

The French Revolution was launched with the mob attack on what on July 14, 1789?

Answer 14

Bastille

Question 15

The martyrdom of 16 nuns from the Reign of Terror was the _____. Order had a big impact on ending the _____ of _____?

Answer 15

Guillotine; Reign of Terror

Question 16

Who was the French underground priest who founded the Society of Mary and the Marianists?

Answer 16

William Chaminade

Question 17

Who was the cure who restored the faith to Ars after it suffered following the French Revolution?

Answer 17

St. John Vianney

Question 18

Who is credited in textbooks for ending the French Revolution?

Answer 18

Napoleon

Question 19

Why did Napoleon take the crown from Pope Pius VII and crown himself?

Answer 19

To show that the authority came from himself and not the Pope

Question 20

What caused the Fall of Napoleon?

Answer 20

The unsuccessful invasion of Russia

Question 21

Who declared himself to be ‘the slave to the Negroes forever’?

Answer 21

St. Peter Claver (in the country of Rwanda)

Question 22

What was the African experience of genocide when the devil sees growth in the Church?

Answer 22

Tutsi

Question 23

Give 2 spiritual lessons you can learn from the Rosary from Immaculate.

Answer 23

a. Power of the Rosary
b. Power of forgiveness

Question 24

What was the totalitarian system that formed after WWI?

Answer 24

Communism

Question 25

Who were the first 2 leaders of the Soviet regime?

Answer 25

a. Lenin b. Stalin

Question 26

What was the vast system of Siberian prison camps known as?

Answer 26

Gulag

Question 27

What were the names of the three children to whom Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal?

Answer 27

a. Lucia b. Francisco c. Jacinta

Question 28

What intentions did the Blessed Mother ask the three children to pray the Rosary for?

Answer 28

a. World peace b. End of the war (WWI) c. Conversion of sinners d. Conversion of Russia

Question 29

Name the Allied Powers from World War II.

Answer 29

a. Britain b. France c. Poland d. Russia/Soviet Union e. United States f. China

Question 30

Name the Axis Powers from World War II.

Answer 30

a. Japan b. Italy c. Germany

Question 31

What was the naval base that was attacked that caused the US to get involved in World War II?

Answer 31

Pearl Harbor

Question 32

Who was the leader of the Nazi regime?

Answer 32

Adolf Hitler

Question 33

What happened to the eight German Jesuit missionaries who were praying the Rosary when the atomic bomb went off in Hiroshima?

Answer 33

They did not experience radiation sickness, loss of hearing, or any other long term defects or maladies as they claimed they were living the message of Fatima.

Question 34

Who was the chief rabbi of Rome who converted to Catholicism after World War II?

Answer 34

Eugene; due to the brave actions of Israel Zolli during the war.

Question 35

What was the mass execution of 6 million Jews by Hitler known as?

Answer 35

Holocaust

Question 36

Who was a Catholic martyr during the Nazi persecution who gave his life so a father of children could live?

Answer 36

Maximilian Kolbe

Question 37

What were the Catholics who fought against their government during the persecution and reign of Calles called?

Answer 37

Cristeros (in Mexico and Spain)

Question 38

What were the Freemasons connected to in relation to the Church?

Answer 38

Persecutions of the Church in Mexico and Spain

Question 39

Name the young boy who recently became canonized and was a martyr during the Mexican persecution.

Answer 39

St. José Luis Sánchez del Río

Question 40

What four totalitarian systems rose and fell in the 20th century?

Answer 40

a. Socialism b. Communism c. Fascism d. Nazism

Question 41

Which decade in history brought an anti-authority spirit of rebellion, especially among the youth?

Answer 41

1960s

Question 42

Through which encyclical did Pope Paul VI prophetically warn of a breakdown of morality if the Church’s teaching on contraception were ignored?

Answer 42

Humanae Vitae ## Footnote Yes, his prophecy has come true.

Question 43

The Novus Ordo Mass began after which Council?

Answer 43

Vatican II

Question 44

The Novus Ordo Mass is when the Mass is proclaimed in what?

Answer 44

Vernacular

Question 45

Who was the first American saint to be canonized?

Answer 45

St. Francis Xavier Cabrini

Question 46

Which pope lived only one month after becoming pope? Who replaced him?

Answer 46

JPI (Pope John Paul I); JPI (Pope John Paul II)

Question 47

What was Pope John Paul II’s name before becoming pope?

Answer 47

Cardinal Karol Wojtyła

Question 48

What was the New Evangelization that Pope John Paul II ushered in?

Answer 48

Inviting the laity more into formerly Christian regions, notably Western Europe, into the Catholic Faith

Question 49

Which mysteries of the Rosary were added during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II?

Answer 49

Luminous Mysteries

Question 50

In Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, his Wednesday’s audiences were dedicated to the teaching of what?

Answer 50

Theology of the Body

Question 51

What did Pope John Paul II consecrate to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?

Answer 51

Russia

Question 52

Which pope played a large role in the fall of communism in the East?

Answer 52

JPII (Pope John Paul II)

Question 53

Which pope had a big influence on the youth?

Answer 53

JPII (Pope John Paul II)

Question 54

Who are two of the most traveled popes in the history of the Church?

Answer 54

a. Pope Paul VI b. Pope JPII (Pope John Paul II)

Question 55

Who resigned as pope during your lifetime?

Answer 55

Pope Benedict XVI

Question 56

Our current pontiff is _____?

Answer 56

Pope Francis ## Footnote His name before becoming pope was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He is from Argentina.