Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria (COSCA)

Bishop Epifanio B. Surban Street, Dumaguete City, Philippines

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Midterm Examinations for the students of Theology 1 Prayer and Sacraments, First Semester, SY 2021-2022

Name: ____________________________________________Year and Section_______________

Midterm examination: October 28-30, 2021
Test I: Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answers (there will be 10 questions, worth 2 points each).

1. The ________ have been instituted by Jesus Christ for the sanctification of our souls.
a. Sacraments
b. The Lord’s Prayer
c. Nicene Creed
d. Church

2. The main idea is that the person who "prays always without becoming weary" is one whose whole day is
like a loving offertory procession in ______________.
a. Sacraments
b. God's presence
c. Nicene Creed
d. Jesus Christ

3. _________________ teaches us how to pray. As Christians, it is important that we keep in mind that
prayer is a gift, a grace, from the Holy Spirit.
a. Sacraments
b. The Lord’s Prayer
c. Nicene Creed
d. Holy Scripture

4. ____________________ describes prayer with her characteristic simplicity, limpidity and depth: "For
me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven; it is a cry of recognition and
of love, embracing both trial and joy"
a. St. Augustine of Hippo
b. St. Thomas Aquinas
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Francis of Assisi

5. The Catechism of the Catholic Church sees prayer as "a vital and personal relationship with the living
and true God."
a. (CCC, n. 2458).
b. (CCC, n. 2558).
c. (CCC, n. 2555).
d. (CCC, n. 3558).

6. _________________ are such prayers as the Way of the Cross, the Holy Rosary, various devotions to
the Blessed Virgin Mary or the Saints, particular prayers of Religious Orders or Congregations, or of
Catholic Sodalities, Associations or Movements.
a. Liturgical Prayer
b. Community prayers
c. Personal Prayer
d. Christian Prayer
 7. _____________ is the prayer of an individual. It wells up from the depths of the heart of the person. It
can indeed be inspired by liturgical or community prayer.
a. Liturgical Prayer
b. Community prayers
c. Personal Prayer
d. Christian Prayer

8. ______________ is the official prayer of the Church in which Jesus Christ is the chief person praying
and in which he associates his Church with him. The Eucharistic celebration is its fount and apex.
a. Liturgical Prayer
b. Community prayers
c. Personal Prayer
d. Christian Prayer

9. ______________ helps to make our religion more genuine, more personal, and more deeply rooted. It
favours our union with God.
a. Liturgical Prayer
b. Community prayers
c. Personal Prayer
d. Christian Prayer

10. To pray means to read or recite prayers already composed. No doubt, liturgical prayers, all set by
_______________, are the most exalted form of prayer.
a. Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D and Council of Constantinople in 381 A.D.
b. The Council of Trent and Vatican II
c. holy Mother Church
d. The College of Bishops and the College of Cardinals

Test II. Essay

11-50. Discuss the Seven Sacraments of the Church and Why is it seven (7)? Discuss this in 400 to 500 words.
Plagiarism will not be checked.
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