Lent Quiz

What does the word "Lent" mean?

• Penance
• Fasting
• Spring
• Almsgiving

In Latin, the season of Lent is called "Quadragesima," which means... ?

• Fasting
• Preparation
• Penance
• Forty Days

The period of 40 days comes from the forty days Jesus fasted in the desert, but is also associated with all EXCEPT which of these Scriptural events?

• Moses & the Jewish People in the desert
• Noah & the Flood
• Jonah & Nineveh
• Joshua & Jericho

“Shrove Tuesday" refers to the day before Ash Wednesday. "Shrove" comes from a word meaning... ?

• To prepare
• To hear confessions
• To feast
• To pray

Coming from the need to use up the eggs and fat before the Lenten fast begins, the traditional food for Shrove Tuesday is... ?

• Pancakes
• Bacon & eggs
• Cookies
• Steak & potatoes

Which of the following is NOT one of the traditional Lenten practices?

• Fasting
• Prayer
• Weddings
• Almsgiving

The season of Lent is associated with which period in the preparation of catechumens (those preparing for baptism) to enter the Church?

• Catechumenate
• Mystagogy
• Pre-Catechumenate
• Purification & Enlightenment

Wednesday during Holy Week is also known as... ?

• Spy Wednesday
• Suffering Wednesday
• Maundy Wednesday
• Holy Wednesday

The institution of which two Sacraments is celebrated on Holy Thursday?

• Baptism & Eucharist
• Reconciliation & Eucharist
• Holy Orders & Eucharist
• Confirmation & Reconciliation

Which word is unspoken during the season of Lent?

• Amen
• Alleluia
• Thanksgiving
• Praise