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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can people purify the physical realm?
(a) By protecting oneself from pain.
(b) By protecting others from pain and suffering.
(c) By engaging the body in actions that are devoted to God and are for the common good.
(d) By engaging the body in healthy behaviors.

2. What is the one most well-known form of confession?
(a) Thanking God for all He has done.
(b) One for wrongdoings.
(c) In remembrance for the deceased.
(d) Confessing one's faith in God and Jesus.

3. Why must confession of wrongdoings for Catholics include speaking to a priest?
(a) Human nature is such that people feel better when they tell someone else of their struggles.
(b) It gives insight into the lives of Christians.
(c) It allows the Church to know what issues her parishioners deal with.
(d) It gives the priest something to do.

4. What does the Catholic Church say about groups that contribute to vice?
(a) They are to be dissolved through repentance of the participants.
(b) They should be sent to hell.
(c) They are to be dissolved through force.
(d) They are to be prayed for.

5. What does Baptism do?
(a) It makes a person wet.
(b) It washes away sins.
(c) It washes away sins from an entire family.
(d) It makes families happy.

6. Baptism initiates people into what?
(a) A sinless life.
(b) A family.
(c) A happy life.
(d) The crucifixion of the Christ.

7. In this section what does the Catholic Church set forth?
(a) A number of Catholic rules.
(b) A number of Catholic Creeds.
(c) A number of Catholic Commandments.
(d) A number of Catholic Principles.

8. Those who did not deny Christ confessed Him to whom?
(a) One another.
(b) Mary.
(c) God.
(d) Priests.

9. Do the sacraments of initiation into the Catholic religion intentionally create conditions ideal for any particular individual to serve others in certain ways with a focus on the spiritual aspect of relating?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

10. Why is the greatest moral virtue needed in those who wield public authority?
(a) They are well-known by the public.
(b) They enforce God's law.
(c) They care for all.
(d) They affect the decisions made by others.

11. Is Baptism open to people of any religion?
(a) No, only Christians.
(b) No, only Catholics.
(c) Yes, those who are willing to be initiated by it.
(d) Yes, anyone and everyone.

12. What is the purpose of the Holy Orders?
(a) To integrate a person within the Church in a new way.
(b) To keep order in a church.
(c) To make sure the clergy are doing what is expected of them.
(d) To incorporate Christians into service to the Church.

13. What does a life of brothers and sisters trigger?
(a) Safety.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Love.
(d) Forgiveness.

14. Is socialization a necessary part of human development?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Rarely.
(d) No.

15. According to whom, a good intention cannot override the bad of an evil action?
(a) St. Elizabeth.
(b) St. Francis Asissi.
(c) St. Thomas Aquinas.
(d) St. Anne

Short Answer Questions

1. Those born within the Catholic faith are most likely to have a Confirmation rite when they are _____________.

2. Why is the cultivation of superior moral character by practicing precepts often still of great benefit to the baptized?

3. As what is Confirmation also known?

4. From whom is prayer a gift?

5. What is repentance?

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