Check the button which best expresses your response.

1. Salvation consists of living in a right relationship with God, one another and the world of creation.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

2. The Catholic Church teaches that God wills the salvation of all people.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

3. The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ showed us the best and most complete way of living in right relationship with God, neighbor and the world of creation.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

4. The Catholic Church teaches that, when it functions at its best, it helps people follow Christ more fully and adequately than any other Church.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

5. The Church is a community of Christ's Disciples who See, Celebrate and Live life in a certain way. A significant part of being an adult Catholic is the conscious choice one makes to follow Christ as the Church teaches.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

6. As Catholics we hold Mary in special honor chiefly because she:
   1. She encouraged Jesus to do his first miracle.
   2. She is especially favored by God.
   3. She is our great intercessor before God in heaven.
   4. Christ gave her to us as our mother.
   5. She is the model disciple.
   6. Don't Know / Unsure

7. When we say the Creed we say, "I believe in the Communion of Saints." This is a way of saying that we neither live nor are saved in isolation. It means that on earth and in heaven we will be a member of a community.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

8. A Saint is some one who lives as Christ's disciple. We celebrate the Feast of All Saints to remember all the men and women who have lived in this way. Some have lived outstanding lives as Christ's disciples and are publicly recognized as Saints. The process of being publicly named as a Saint is called:
   1. Conversion
   2. Canonization
   3. Contrition
   4. Presentation
   5. Don't Know / Unsure

9. Conversion is the process of learning how to live more fully as a disciple of the Risen Christ.
   1. True
   2. False
   3. Don't Know / Unsure

10. The Sermon on the Mount spells out Jesus' vision for how his disciples are to live.
    1. True
    2. False
    3. Don't Know / Unsure

11. Just as the Hebrew people in the desert sometimes felt that God has abandoned them, so the events of our life can sometimes lead us to think God has abandoned us. On the cross, Jesus himself cried out, "My God, my God why have you abandoned me?" Can these "dark nights of the soul" be opportunities for growing closer to God?
    1. True
    2. False
    3. Don't Know / Unsure

            Explain:

When all seems lost and we entrust ourselves to God, we grow in the most basic relationship of all, our relationship with God.

12. That which enables us to live in friendship with God and share his own life is called:
    1. Grace
    2. Merit
    3. Forgiveness
    4. An Indulgence
    5. Don't Know / Unsure

13. The Church teaches that after death
    1. There is no further life.
    2. You come back to life as a plant, animal or another
             human being until you learn how to live in love.
    3. You live on forever united to the Ultimate Force in
             the universe.
    4. The Human Spirit lives on forever.
    5. The Spirit lives on with a transformed body.
    6. Don't Know / Unsure

14. Our Hope of Life after Death is based on
    1. The preaching of the Prophets.
    2. People who have had near death experiences.
    3. The deliverance of the Hebrew people from Egypt.
    4. The death and resurrection of Jesus.
    5. Don't Know / Unsure

15. The Church teaches that Heaven is:
    1. Peace and justice here on earth.
    2. The reward God owes us for good behavior.
    3. Being totally open to God's presence and therefore
            experiencing life to the full.
    4. Being happy.
    5. Don't Know / Unsure

16. The Church teaches that Hell is
    1. A place of actual fire where unrepentant sinners
            will be punished for all eternity.
    2. The injustice, wrongdoing, war and disease that
            occurs in this life.
    3. Some type of punishment for those who refuse
            to love as Christ taught.
    4. The loss of being present to God and others
            resulting from a person's sin or self-centeredness.
    5. Don't Know / Unsure

17. Virtue or habit shapes a person's character and character determines one's destiny. List at least 7 virtues that the Church encourages its members to develop. Fill in the blank

    	Faith
    	Hope
    	Love
    	Justice
    	Prudence
    	Courage
    	Temperance