The King of Nineveh ordered his people to fast and pray to God in order to

A. survive the drought imposed on them

B. make them victorious over their enemies

C. sustain them in their state of affluence

D. deliver them from penury and want

E. avert the punishment for their sinful life

'I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and i will bring you to Zion'. These words of Jeremiah implies that

A. a few remnants will return from exile to Jerusalem

B. God will take some people from Judah into exile

C. some sons of Judah will prophesy in Zion

D. only a few in Jerusalem will escape the exile

E. God will remain faithful to a few in Israel

Amos described true religion as

A. engaging in sacrifice and burnt offering

B. being just and righteous

C. singing of praises to God

D. engaging in Holy feasts and assemblies

E. fasting and praying

The relevance of the Temptation to the Baptism of Jesus was that

A. the Devil used the Temptation to make Christ prove His divinity as revealed in the Baptism

B. Jesus' hunger during the Temptation disproved the claim , at Baptism, that God was pleased with him

C. both were physical experiences of Jesus at the very beginning of his public ministry

D. the same Spirit which fell on Jesus at Baptism also tempted him in the widerness

E. The Spirit of God which fell in Jesus at Baptism left Him for a while, thus allowing the devil to tempt him

Jesus in the sermon on the Mount, asked Christians to rejoice in the face of false accusation because

A. God will fight their cause

B. He Himself suffered in a similar fashion

C. suffering is part and parcel of everyday life

D. their reward of eternal life is assured

E. they are the light of the world

Jesus condemned empty phrases in prayer because

A. God does not answer long prayer

B. God has foreknowledge of all our needs

C. they show lack of concentration

D. they are a way of showing off in public

E. he had taught his followers the model of prayer

Whenever Jesus cleansed leapers, he charged them to return home to

A. their relatives

B. show themselves to the Levites

C. announce their cleansing to the people

D. give thanks offering to God

E. present themselves and gifts to the priest

Take heart my son, your sins are forgiven. This was Jesus' charge to the

A. lame

B. blind

C. sinner

D. paralytic

E. deaf

In the mission of the seventy disciple, according to St. Luke, Jesus specifically sent them to

A. every town where he was to visit

B. Gentile cities only

C. Jewish cities only

D. plants seeds in his vineyard

E. drive out the wolves among the lambs

In the story of the good Samaritan, the priest and the Levit ignored the injured traveller because they

A. were not trained nurses

B. were late for work in the temple

C. held their ceremonial laws in esteem

D. did not notice the injured man

E. had no money in their bags