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CSF December 2022: Your Opinion Matters
How well do you know the Catholic Faith?
The Ultimate Catholic Quiz by Catholic Answers’ Founder, Karl Keating.
Excerpted with permission and available for purchase from
There are no trick questions, but there are questions that will trip you up if you fail to read carefully. An answer is counted as wrong if any part of it—such as a date or name— is wrong. Your goal is not to find the answer that is least wrong, but the one answer that is wholly correct, which may be “none of the above”. On average, most informed Catholics score 50%. How well did you do?
1. The Ark of the Covenant
a. was built by Noah.
b. housed the tablets of the law.
c. was burned piece by piece by Caiaphas.
d. probably never existed; it was made up to instruct the Israelites about Yahweh’s mercy. e. none of the above.
2. The patron of air travelers is
a. Saint Frances of Rome.
b. Sister Bertrille, the flying nun.
c. Saint Joseph of Cupertino.
d. Saint Bona of Pisa.
e. none of the above.
3. Who committed the first sin, not counting the fallen angels?
a. Cain, when he murdered his brother Abel.
b. Adam, from whom we inherit original sin.
c. Eve, from whom we inherit original sin.
d. Adam and Eve together, from whom we inherit original sin.
e. none of the above.
4. Angels
a. Are whiskerless youths.
b. Are fat babies with wings.
c. Don’t have to be believed in.
d. Are referred to, but not explicitly, in the Nicene Creed.
e. None of the above
5. The Rosary
a. was invented by Saint Dominic.
b. is making a comeback among both Catholics and Protestants.
c. is necessary for salvation; you can’t be considered a good Catholic without at least occasionally praying the Rosary.
d. was prayed weekly by Pope Saint John XXIII. e. none of the above.
6. A priest’s power to confect the Eucharist
a. comes through the people present at Mass; thus, a congregation is needed for a Mass to be valid.
b. is less than a bishop’s power, but greater than a deacon’s power, to confect the Eucharist.
c. is given to him through the laying on of hands by his ordaining bishop.
d. was not taught by Vatican II, which recognized that the Eucharist is not confected but is made present spiritually.
e. None of the above.
7. What is circumincession?
a. the ancient Jewish initiatory rite for male children.
b. the indwelling of each Person of the Trinity in the others.
c. the manner in which the New World was divided up between Spain and Portugal.
d. a manner of procession used by concelebrating priests.
e. none of the above.
