CONFIRMATION TEST

A Comprehensive Confirmation Test for CCD students will be administered 
during CCD class.  A grade of 70 or better is required for a student to
pass this test. The entire test (with answers in bold & italics) is included
below and will be given to the students well in advance of the testing date(s).

COMPREHENSIVE CONFIRMATION TEST
(Each answer counts 1 point – a grade of 70 or better is required to pass)
EXAMPLE WITH ANSWERS SHOWN IN BOLD &  ITALICS.

1.       Print your name FIRST & LAST NAME.

2.       Write the Ten Commandments.
 1) I am the Lord your God, you shall not have strange gods before Me.

 2) You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain.

 3) Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.

 4) Honor your father and mother.

 5) Do not kill.

 6) Do not commit adultery.

 7) Do not steal.

 8) Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.

 9) Do not covet your neighbor’s wife.

10) Do not covet your neighbor’s goods.    

3.       List the five Holy Days of Obligation in the United States & give their dates.

                    Name                                             Date
              Christmas                            December 25
              Mary, Mother of God            January 1
              Assumption                            August 15
              All Saints’ Day                        November 1
             Immaculate Conception          December 8            

4.       The five precepts of the Catholic Church are as follows:

1)       “You shall attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation..”

2)       “You shall confess your sins at least once a year.”

3)       “You shall humbly receive your Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season.”

4)       “You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation.”

5)       “You shall observe the prescribed days of fast  and abstinence.”

5.       The Blessed Trinity  is one God in three divine persons; God the Father, Who created us; God the Son, Who saved us; and God the Holy Spirit,, Who helps us to be holy.

6.       The Catholic Church was founded by  _Jesus..

7.       Jesus appointed the Apostles to be the first leaders of the Catholic Church.

8.       The visible head of the whole Catholic Church who represents Christ is the pope.

9.       Peter was the first Pope.

10.   The Bible is the written word of God and is composed of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

11.   The Gospels were written by Matthew, Mark,  Luke and John.

12.   Revelation is all that God has taught us about Himself and what He expects of His people.

13.   We learn about God’s Revelation in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

14.   Sacred Scripture is the Word of God written under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and contained in the Holy Bible.

15.   Sacred Tradition is the unwritten Word of God given by Christ through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles and handed down to their successors.  It is found in the Catholic Church’s teachings and worship.

16.   God gave the Catholic Church the gift of infallibility which means that the constant teaching of the Church on matters of faith (what we believe) or morals (how we live), as contained in the deposit of divine revelation will be free from error.

17.   The most important gift given to Adam and Eve by God was sanctifying grace or Divine (God’s) Life, which is a share in His life.

18.   Man is a creature composed of body and soul and made to the image and likeness of God.
 

19.   The purpose of our life is to know, love, and serve God, whereby we will gain everlasting happiness in Heaven.

20.   A Sacrament is a sacred sign whereby we meet Jesus and receive from Him a share in God’s Life or grace.  Name the Seven Sacraments.  1)Baptism   2)Reconciliation or Confession   3)Holy Eucharist

4)Confirmation    5)  Holy Orders    6)Matrimony      7)Anointing of the Sick

21.   Sin is choosing to think, say, or do what we know offends God and what may also hurt ourselves or others.    The two kinds of actual sin are mortal sin and venial sin.

22.   Mortal sin is grievous or serious sin against the law of God.  It turns man away from God.

23.   Name the three conditions which make a sin mortal.
1)  It is seriously wrong.
2) You know it is seriously wrong.
3)  You do it anyway.

24.   A temptation is anything that makes us feel like choosing to do what we know is wrong.

25.   Conscience is your decision or judgment that something is right or wrong based upon your knowledge of God’s law and will and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

26.   God gave each person a free will which is the freedom and ability to choose either right or wrong.

27.   The Sacrament of  Baptism is the supernatural birth as a child of God, the beginning of a new life of God’s grace or God’s Life in us.

28.   Reconciliation or Confession is the Sacrament in which Jesus forgives our sins through a priest when we are sorry for them and confess them to a priest.

29.   The Holy Eucharist is both a Sacrament and a Sacrifice.

30.   The Holy Eucharist, as a Sacrament, is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord, the living Jesus Christ.

31.   The Holy Eucharist, as a Sacrifice, is the offering of Jesus under the appearances of bread and wine on the altar during Mass.

32.   Confirmation is the Sacrament through which the Holy Spirit strengthens our faith professed in Baptism and unites us more closely to the Church and Christ, and helps us witness to Him.

33.   When one is confirmed, the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased in us.  Name the Seven Gifts.
1) Wisdom,   2)  Understanding,    3)  Counsel,  4)     Knowledge
5) Fortitude,  6)  Piety ,  7)  Fear of the Lord

34.   The Sacraments that can be received only once are Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders
because they place a character on the soul giving the soul a special dignity which remains forever.

35.   Transubstantiation is the change of the entire substance of bread and wine into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus at the Consecration during Mass.  

36.   The highest form of worship is the Mass, which is the Sacrifice in which Christ through the ministry of the priest, offers Himself to God in an unbloody manner under the appearances of bread and wine.

37.   The two main parts of the Mass are the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

38.   State the three rules regarding the reception of Holy Communion.
1) You must believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist.
2) You must be free of mortal sin.
3) You must not eat or drink anything for one hour before receiving Holy Communion.  Water or medicine may be taken any time before Holy Communion.

39.   The four marks or characteristics by which we identify the true church today are as follows:  one, holy, catholic and apostolic.

40.   The Immaculate Conception is the special favor God gave the Blessed Virgin Mary by which she was free from original sin from the first moment in her life.

41.   We find the chief truths taught by Jesus through the Catholic Church in a prayer called the Apostles’ Creed.