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How much do you know about the Catholic Church? Take our quiz!
CS Monitor ^ | November 2, 2013 | Laura Edwins, Contributor, Eoin O'Carroll, Staff

Posted on 11/04/2013 1:12:39 PM PST by 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)

Can you tell your aspergillum from your alb? Your cassock from your chasuble? Take our quiz on all things Roman Catholic to test your knowledge of one of the world's oldest, largest, and most powerful institutions. 

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Average reader score = 51%

No Cheating!


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1 posted on 11/04/2013 1:12:39 PM PST by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...

2 posted on 11/04/2013 1:13:55 PM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: NYer

Ain’t it the truth!! I don’t remember how many times I was smacked with a ruler, but I do remember when one broke on my cheek.


3 posted on 11/04/2013 1:20:37 PM PST by united1000 (United1000)
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To: NYer

I’ll keep my smart aleck comments to myself.


4 posted on 11/04/2013 1:26:45 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: NYer

Lots of trivia.


5 posted on 11/04/2013 1:30:32 PM PST by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: 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?


6 posted on 11/04/2013 1:31:50 PM PST by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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To: NYer

I got 12 of 25 which is probably not too bad for a non-Catholic. I scored a lot better on the doctrinal issues than the geographical trivia.


7 posted on 11/04/2013 1:32:21 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: NYer

D’oh! Only 48%.


8 posted on 11/04/2013 1:35:39 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: jtal

I agree. Most questions had little to do with the Catholic Church from a religious or theological standpoint and were focused more on dispensing political factoids.


9 posted on 11/04/2013 1:36:17 PM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: NYer

17 correct, 8 wrong, 68%. That was hard.


10 posted on 11/04/2013 1:41:10 PM PST by Aliska
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To: NYer

Not Catholic but did pretty well.

Your score:

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


11 posted on 11/04/2013 1:47:07 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Tax-chick

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?


12 posted on 11/04/2013 1:51:10 PM PST by pgkdan
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Protestant close to average score - 52%


13 posted on 11/04/2013 1:52:48 PM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: NYer

Why?


14 posted on 11/04/2013 1:54:21 PM PST by Rapscallion (The people of the lie compel you to buy Obamacare.)
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To: pgkdan

Yes, it was hardly about the Catholic Faith at all, more “any detail concerning the Catholic Church as an institution.” I got the Popemobile question wrong, too.


15 posted on 11/04/2013 2:02:04 PM PST by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: jtal

So we all know now that you got at least that one wrong.

Now confess the rest of your failed sins.


16 posted on 11/04/2013 2:05:36 PM PST by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS.. We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dem's do & voted!)
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To: JSteff

actually i got that one correct.


17 posted on 11/04/2013 2:09:54 PM PST by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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To: NYer

Was there maybe one or two doctrinal questions?


18 posted on 11/04/2013 2:17:32 PM PST by piusv
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To: NYer

Just a rather stupid test. I got 68%. The questions that I missed were of absolutely no significance to any Catholic. I am surprised they did not ask how many rooms are in Martha’s House where the Pope is residing.


19 posted on 11/04/2013 2:19:04 PM PST by CdMGuy
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Your score - 84%

And one of those questions might be wrong:

Height of St. Peter’s dome - 453’ (138 m)
Height of Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro’s dome - 158 meters (518 ft).

I wasn’t sure if they mean how “high the dome itself is” or how “high is the structure with a dome”. Either way the dome at the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro is higher than the one in Rome as far as I can tell.


20 posted on 11/04/2013 2:24:48 PM PST by vladimir998
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