This simple test should provide much enjoyment and knowledge as we learn more about the Advent season.

1. Advent in the Latin root word is Adventus, which means …
   (a) going (b) staying (c) coming (d) none of these
2. Advent is a liturgical season and a time of …
   (a) wasting time (b) waiting and expectation (c) resurrection (d) forgetting
3. Advent last approximately …
   (a) one week (b) three weeks (c) four weeks (d) two weeks
4. The season of Advent begins on the Sunday closest to the Feast of …
   (a) The Apostle Andrew (b) Immaculate Conception (c) Christ the King (d) All Saints
5. Advent is closely related to
   (a) Easter (b) Pentecost (c) Christmas (d) Ordinary time
6. “Prepare the way of the Lord” (Mk 1:3) is the cry of the last great prophet of the Old Testament…
   (a) Amos (b) John the Baptist (c) Isaiah (d) Jeremiah
7. One traditional hymn of Advent is
   (a) Come Holy Spirit (b) O Come, O Come Emmanuel (c) Soul of my Saviour (d) Silent Night
8. The most obvious symbol and the most prominent is the Advent Season is the Advent
   (a) Wreath (b) Tree (c) house (d) none of these
9. The Jesse Tree receives its name from
   (a) King Herod (b) The father of King David (c) King Solomon (d) Pharaoh
10. The traditional liturgical colour for the season of Advent is …
    (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) white
11. The “O Antiphons” are proclaimed ___ days before the vigil of Christmas
    (a) seven (b) nine (c) three (d) five
12. The crèche or manger designates the
    (a) manger used by Jesus when he was born in Bethlehem
    (b) a day-care centre
    (c) the French word for cradle
    (e) none of the above
13. The central mystery and dogma of Christianity, the doctrine that teaches that Jesus is both human and divine is the…
    (a) Incarnation (b) Assumption (c) Ascension (d) Resurrection
14. The teaching of the Church that Christ will return at the end of time to complete the work of redemption and permanently establish the Kingdom of God …
    (a) the eschatology (b) the Second Coming (c) the Nativity (d) none of the above
15. The feast of St Nicholas (Dec 6) celebrates the goodness of a bishop of Myra in Turkey, who is said to have been devoted to helping …
    (a) poor people (b) rich people (c) children (d) vagrants

Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. a 13. a 14. b 15. c