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CS Monitor ^ | November 2, 2013 | Laura Edwins, Contributor, Eoin O'Carroll, Staff

[NYer]

Thousands of people attending the installment Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican in 2005. (Gregorio Borgia/AP/File)

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[Guardian Sebastian]

I got a 64%, question 17 though I didn’t think was fair.

It asked if “all” citizens of the Vatican were Catholic and I said false, and the answer said True, “most” of them were Catholic. Kind of a trick question. So which is it all or most?

[vladimir998]

Yep, I was most definitely right: http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq75.html

So, I got only three questions 3. Not too bad.

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN I got 40% LOL!

[publius911]

Lots of trivia.

That's my only criticism; but NO excuses!
60%.
Zuit!

[trisham]

I gave up. I was embarrassed at how many I had wrong while less than 50% through the test.

Please don't tell anyone.

[eastsider]

76%

[NYer]

i didn’t do that great but some of the questions have little to do with the church - like who commissioned the via della concilliazione - who cares?

Not only was the question quite interesting (c'mon ... look at the choices!) but it was somewhat of a trick question. Ever been to Rome?

[NYer]

I scored a lot better on the doctrinal issues

Excellent!!! Kudos for giving it the yeoman's attempt.

[NYer]

17 Correct 8 Wrong You answered 17 of 25 questions correctly for a total score of 68%.

That's great! Some of the questions fell into the category of "cultural" but scoring 68% puts you both above the average. Excellent!

[NYer]

Lots of dumb questions that have nothing at all to do with the Faith, but all in all better than I would have expected from the CSM. Like I really care who made the current pope-mobile?

What you consider 'dumb', I consider 'interesting', especially the questions on the Swiss Guard and the color of vestments. It's apparent that the questionnaire was put together prior to the election of Pope Francis, hence the question on the pope-mobile but by the time you reached it, you knew they were referring to Pope Benedict, a German, hence the proper response. Ooops .. just gave that one away.

[Salvation]

I’m in there too.

[NYer]

Why not?

[NYer]

Was there maybe one or two doctrinal questions?

Yes!

[NYer]

Wow ... you did better than me! I messed up on the longest reigning pope. I won’t make that mistake again ; - )

[NYer]

It asked if “all” citizens of the Vatican were Catholic and I said false, and the answer said True, “most” of them were Catholic. Kind of a trick question. So which is it all or most?

I missed that one, as well. Do you recall the exact phrasing? Was it Vatican City or Vatican State? Hey .. they are not offering a prize for the highest score. This is all in fun, right.

[NYer]

OH MAN I got 40% LOL!

Oh boy ... that's grounds for excommunication .. just kidding ; - ) Did you learn something by reading the proper responses? The questions cover some cultural topics that are actually quite fascinating.

[NYer]

76%

I beat you!!! 80% One of the questions I missed was the longest reigning pope! The response came as a surprise. Are you back at seminary?

[Salvation]

But that question was phrased wrong with only 21 Popes taking the name, when we all know that 23 Popes took that name. It was confusing to me.

[Guardian Sebastian]

Not sure if the phrasing was City or State. I’m having fun :)

[SevenofNine]

One I got wrong was about US presumely I thought US have more cathoics

This what I hear from my Latino Cathoic neighbors they said Los Angeles had at one time most Cathoics than Mexico City LOL!