Hail Mary - Quiz
Hail Mary
  • 1. What is the Latin title of the Hail Mary?
A) Bogoroditsye Djevo
B) Mater Dei
C) Ave Maria
D) Angelus Domini
  • 2. Who composed the famous 1825 version originally titled 'Ellens dritter Gesang'?
A) Giuseppe Verdi
B) Franz Schubert
C) Antonín Dvořák
D) Charles Gounod
  • 3. What was the original literary source for Schubert's 'Ave Maria'?
A) Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'
B) An opera by Giuseppe Verdi
C) A traditional Roman Catholic prayer book
D) A Renaissance madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt
  • 4. Who translated Walter Scott's poem into German for Schubert's work?
A) Franz Biebl
B) Pierre-Louis Dietsch
C) Anton Bruckner
D) Adam Storck
  • 5. In which Disney film was Schubert's 'Ave Maria' music used in the final segment?
A) Fantasia 2000
B) Sleeping Beauty
C) Fantasia
D) Snow White
  • 6. Whose version of 'Ave Maria' superimposes melody and words onto the first prelude from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier?
A) Charles Gounod
B) Igor Stravinsky
C) Franz Liszt
D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • 7. What words are omitted in Gounod's version of the Ave Maria?
A) Angelus Domini
B) Ave Maria
C) Virgo serena
D) Mater Dei
  • 8. What is Anton Bruckner's best-known setting of the Ave Maria?
A) A solo piano piece
B) A motet for seven voices
C) A string quartet
D) An opera for full orchestra
  • 9. In what year was Antonín Dvořák's version composed?
A) 1825
B) 1877
C) 1894
D) 1886
  • 10. Giuseppe Verdi wrote a setting of Ave Maria as part of which 1887 opera?
A) Otello
B) Le flibustier
C) Mateo Falcone
D) The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • 11. Which composer was raised Roman Catholic and set the text of the Ave Maria at least three times?
A) William Byrd
B) Johannes Brahms
C) Morten Lauridsen
D) César Cui
  • 12. What is the much-anthologized 'Ave Maria' by Jacques Arcadelt actually?
A) A Slavic folk hymn
B) An original composition by Schubert
C) A 19th-century arrangement by Pierre-Louis Dietsch
D) A Renaissance motet by Josquin des Prez
  • 13. Pierre-Louis Dietsch's arrangement of Arcadelt's work was loosely based on what piece?
A) Ave Maria ... Virgo serena
B) Nous voyons que les hommes
C) Ellens dritter Gesang
D) The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • 14. Who composed the 20th-century 'Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)', which is actually a setting of the Angelus prayer?
A) Franz Biebl
B) David Conte
C) Lorenzo Perosi
D) Mikhail Shukh
  • 15. Which Russian composer wrote a famous setting for the Orthodox version of the prayer in Church Slavonic in his All-Night Vigil?
A) Vladimir Vavilov
B) César Cui
C) Ninel Samokhvalova
D) Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • 16. Whose version of the Slavonic text was often misattributed to Giulio Caccini?
A) Mikhail Shukh
B) Vladimir Vavilov
C) Lyudmyla Hodzyumakha
D) Sergei Rachmaninov
  • 17. Why do Protestant Christian musical settings sometimes use other texts?
A) Protestant Christianity generally avoids any special veneration of Mary
B) Protestants banned the use of Latin entirely
C) Protestants only sing instrumental music
D) The Council of Trent outlawed Protestant prayers
  • 18. Which Renaissance composer set more than one version of the Ave Maria, including 'Ave Maria ... Virgo serena'?
A) Tomás Luis de Victoria
B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
C) Josquin des Prez
D) Orlando di Lasso
  • 19. What event caused differences in the versions of the Ave Maria text used by earlier Renaissance composers?
A) The premiere of Otello
B) The Council of Trent
C) The translation by Adam Storck
D) The publication of Fantasia
  • 20. Which of the following composers is explicitly mentioned as having a setting of Ave Maria?
A) Frédéric Chopin
B) Ludwig van Beethoven
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • 21. Who reconstructed the Aramaic version of the Hail Mary?
A) Afram Barsoum
B) Patriarch Nikon
C) Martin Luther
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 22. From which language was the Aramaic version probably reconstructed?
A) Church Slavonic
B) Greek
C) Latin
D) Arabic
  • 23. How many variant versions of the Hail Mary exist in Church Slavonic?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 24. Which group uses the older Church Slavonic version?
A) Old Believers
B) Russian Orthodox Church
C) Bulgarian Orthodox Church
D) Serbian Orthodox Church
  • 25. Which church uses the second Church Slavonic version corresponding more closely to the Greek?
A) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
B) Old Believers
C) Russian Orthodox Church
D) Ruthenian Catholic Church
  • 26. In the Roman Missal, where does the Hail Mary appear as the last prayer?
A) Appendix X
B) Appendix V
C) Appendix I
D) Appendix III
  • 27. Under what heading does the Hail Mary appear in Appendix V of the present Roman Missal?
A) Thanksgiving After Mass
B) Morning Prayers
C) Evening Devotions
D) Litany of the Saints
  • 28. What phrase replaces 'with thee' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) with all
B) with you
C) with them
D) with us
  • 29. What phrase replaces 'art thou amongst' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) are you among
B) you are present
C) are you amongst
D) art thou between
  • 30. What phrase replaces 'thy womb' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) holy womb
B) this womb
C) your womb
D) blessed womb
  • 31. The Hail Mary is the central part of which devotion?
A) The Doxology
B) The Angelus
C) The Rosary
D) The Magnificat
  • 32. How often is the Angelus generally recited by many Catholics?
A) Thrice daily
B) Once daily
C) Twice daily
D) Four times daily
  • 33. Which Protestant denomination usually omits the second half of the Angelus?
A) Calvinists
B) Lutherans
C) Baptists
D) Methodists
  • 34. The Hail Mary is an essential element of which prayer method?
A) The Rosary
B) The Stations of the Cross
C) The Angelus
D) The Litany
  • 35. Traditionally, how many sets of five Mysteries does the Rosary consist of?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 36. How many Ave Marias are recited in the traditional Rosary?
A) 50
B) 200
C) 100
D) 150
  • 37. Which Mysteries concern events of Jesus' life during his childhood?
A) Joyful Mysteries
B) Sorrowful Mysteries
C) Luminous Mysteries
D) Glorious Mysteries
  • 38. Which Mysteries concern the Passion of Jesus?
A) Luminous Mysteries
B) Sorrowful Mysteries
C) Joyful Mysteries
D) Glorious Mysteries
  • 39. Which Mysteries concern events from Jesus' Resurrection onwards?
A) Joyful Mysteries
B) Glorious Mysteries
C) Luminous Mysteries
D) Sorrowful Mysteries
  • 40. Who proposed the Luminous Mysteries in 2002?
A) Pope Paul V
B) Patriarch Nikon
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Afram Barsoum
  • 41. What prayer precedes each decade of Ave Maria in the Rosary?
A) Apostles Creed
B) Hail Holy Queen
C) Our Father
D) Glory Be
  • 42. What prayer follows each decade of Ave Maria in the Rosary?
A) Our Father
B) Magnificat
C) Glory Be
D) Hail Holy Queen
  • 43. Who stated that 'the Rosary is a treasure of graces'?
A) Afram Barsoum
B) Pope John Paul II
C) Martin Luther
D) Pope Paul V
  • 44. According to Martin Luther, how should Mary be held?
A) As a goddess
B) With indifference
C) As a mediator
D) In highest reverence
  • 45. Which prayer book retained the original Hail Mary in 1522?
A) The Angelus
B) Betbüchlein
C) Book of Common Prayer
D) Roman Missal
  • 46. Which group of Anglicans uses the prayer in much the same way as Roman Catholics?
A) Puritan Anglicans
B) Low church Anglicans
C) Anglo-Catholic Anglicans
D) Evangelical Anglicans
  • 47. What term did some Protestants use to decry the veneration of Mary?
A) Heresy
B) Blasphemy
C) Idolatry
D) Mariolatry
  • 48. During which historical event was the veneration of Mary largely removed from Anglican churches?
A) The Oxford Movement
B) The Counter-Reformation
C) The English Reformation
D) The Great Schism
  • 49. During which movement was Marian devotion reintroduced to some extent into Anglicanism?
A) The English Reformation
B) The Enlightenment
C) The Oxford Movement
D) The Great Awakening
  • 50. In what century did the Oxford Movement take place, reintroducing Marian devotion to some Anglicans?
A) Mid-1800s
B) Mid-1600s
C) Mid-1500s
D) Mid-1900s
  • 51. Which Orthodox church uses the second Church Slavonic version?
A) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
B) Old Believers
C) Serbian Orthodox Church
D) Ruthenian Catholic Church
  • 52. Which Ukrainian church uses the older Church Slavonic recension?
A) Ukrainian Protestant Church
B) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
C) Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
D) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  • 53. Which Ukrainian church uses the newer Church Slavonic version from 1656?
A) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
B) Ukrainian Catholic Church
C) Ruthenian Catholic Church
D) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  • 54. What grants a partial indulgence for the Hail Mary prayer?
A) The Roman Breviary
B) The Byzantine Missal
C) The Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
D) The Vatican Gazette
  • 55. What is added to the opening of the Byzantine version of the Hail Mary?
A) Blessed Mother
B) Queen of Heaven
C) Theotokos Virgin
D) Holy Mary
  • 56. Which Catholic Rite also uses the Byzantine Christian form of the prayer?
A) Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches
B) Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches
C) Maronite Rite Catholic Churches
D) Latin Rite Catholic Churches
  • 57. What is another rendering of 'Theotokos' mentioned in the text?
A) Holy Mother
B) God-bearing
C) Heavenly Queen
D) Blessed Virgin
  • 58. What is the title of the Indulgences Handbook in Latin as provided in the text?
A) Novus Ordo
B) Codex Iuris Canonici
C) Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
D) Catechismus Catholicae
  • 59. Which biblical book and verse records Elizabeth's greeting to Mary?
A) Matthew 2:11
B) Luke 1:42
C) Mark 1:1
D) John 3:16
  • 60. Whose greeting to Mary forms the second part of the Hail Mary?
A) Ildephonsus's greeting
B) Thomas Aquinas's greeting
C) Elizabeth's greeting
D) The angel's greeting
  • 61. According to Herbert Thurston in the Catholic Encyclopedia, when does the Hail Mary first appear as an accepted devotional formula?
A) About 1495
B) About 1555
C) About 600
D) About 1050
  • 62. Which name was added around the same time as 'Mary' to specify who was meant by 'the fruit of thy womb'?
A) Christ
B) God
C) Jesus
D) Savior
  • 63. Is the Western version of the prayer derived from the Greek version?
A) No
B) Yes
C) Only partially
D) Only in the later petitions
  • 64. In what year did the petition 'Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners...' first appear in print?
A) 1050
B) 1495
C) 1555
D) 1568
  • 65. Who is credited with first publishing the petition in his Esposizione sopra l'Ave Maria?
A) Herbert Thurston
B) Girolamo Savonarola
C) Petrus Canisius
D) Pope Pius V
  • 66. Which Dutch Jesuit is credited with adding a sentence to the prayer in his 1555 Catechism?
A) Girolamo Savonarola
B) Ildephonsus of Toledo
C) Thomas Aquinas
D) Petrus Canisius
  • 67. In which year was the sentence 'Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners' included in the Catechism of the Council of Trent?
A) 1568
B) 1566
C) 1495
D) 1555
  • 68. What object often had words from the Ave Maria inscribed on them due to the ringing of the Angelus bell?
A) Stained glass windows
B) Bells
C) Church doors
D) Altars
  • 69. Which biblical figure's visit to Mary is one of the foundational passages of the prayer?
A) Angel Gabriel is not mentioned
B) Angel Uriel
C) Angel Gabriel
D) Angel Raphael
  • 70. What alternative name is given to the prayer due to Archangel Gabriel's words?
A) Marian Invocation
B) Angelic Salutation
C) Heavenly Praise
D) Divine Greeting
  • 71. Since which century has the Catholic version of the prayer closed with an appeal for intercession?
A) 16th century
B) 12th century
C) 14th century
D) 18th century
  • 72. Which version of the prayer is most common in English-speaking countries?
A) The Greek version
B) The Aramaic version
C) The Hebrew version
D) The Latin version
  • 73. In what century did the western European prayer consist only of specific greetings with the addition of 'Mary'?
A) Mid-19th-century
B) Mid-13th-century
C) Mid-16th-century
D) Mid-10th-century
  • 74. Whose commentary on the prayer provides evidence of its 13th-century wording?
A) Francis of Assisi
B) Thomas Aquinas
C) Pope Gregory
D) Augustine of Hippo
  • 75. What is the original language of the Angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary?
A) Hebrew
B) Latin
C) Koine Greek
D) Aramaic
  • 76. What is the literal meaning of the Greek opening greeting word 'chaíre'?
A) Peace
B) Praise
C) Rejoice
D) Greetings
  • 77. According to Pope Benedict XVI, the term 'chaire' when interpreted against biblical tradition is an invitation to what?
A) Silent reflection
B) Deep sorrow
C) Deep joy
D) Penance
  • 78. The Greek word 'kecharitōménē' is translated as what?
A) Holy
B) Graceful
C) Blessed
D) Chosen
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