Penitent thief - Quiz
Penitent thief
  • 1. In Poul Anderson's Technic History, who makes a show of revering Saint Dismas?
A) Dismas Hardy
B) Claude Fitzwilliam
C) Nicholas van Rijn
D) Nathan Drake
  • 2. Who is the main protagonist in a series of legal and crime thriller novels by John Lescroart?
A) Nathan Drake
B) Nicholas van Rijn
C) Dismas Hardy
D) Claude Fitzwilliam
  • 3. Which band released the 1995 song titled 'Thief'?
A) Third Day
B) The Hoodlum Saint
C) Racionais MC's
D) Dizmas
  • 4. Who is the narrator in Sydney Carter's song 'Friday Morning'?
A) Nathan Drake
B) Claude Fitzwilliam
C) Nicholas van Rijn
D) The thief
  • 5. In 'Vida Loka, Pt. 2', how do Racionais MC's refer to Dismas?
A) A forgotten criminal
B) A thief of the century
C) A first thug life of all time
D) A saint of the streets
  • 6. What was the title of the final album by the rapper Ka prior to his death?
A) Friday Morning
B) The Thief Next to Jesus
C) Thug Life
D) The Hoodlum Saint
  • 7. Which 1946 film prominently mentions Dismas?
A) Clerks III
B) Once We Were Slaves
C) The Hoodlum Saint
D) Fitzwilly
  • 8. In the film Fitzwilly, what is the name of the charity shop operated by the staff?
A) St. Dismas Thrift Shoppe
B) San Dimas Thrift
C) The Thief's Charity
D) Dismas Goods
  • 9. Which media franchise features San Dimas, California?
A) Clerks
B) Bill & Ted
C) Darkest Dungeon
D) Uncharted
  • 10. Who portrays the thief in the film Once We Were Slaves?
A) Edward James Olmos
B) Dick Van Dyke
C) Stelio Savante
D) William Powell
  • 11. In Clerks III, what phrase is misheard by others as 'butt thieves'?
A) both thieves
B) but thieves
C) bad thieves
D) best thieves
  • 12. In the movie American Me, what item is given to the character by his mother?
A) A medal of St. Dimas
B) A ring of the thief
C) A photograph of the cathedral
D) A book about the thief
  • 13. Which video game character is inspired by Saint Dismas?
A) Dismas Hardy
B) The Highwayman
C) Claude Fitzwilliam
D) Nathan Drake
  • 14. In Uncharted 4, where does Nathan Drake travel to visit Saint Dismas' cathedral?
A) Scotland
B) Brazil
C) California
D) Philadelphia
  • 15. What is the primary alternate meaning for the Greek term 'léstés' according to the USCCB?
A) A Roman tax collector
B) A Roman centurion
C) A guerrilla warrior fighting for nationalistic aims
D) A professional pickpocket
  • 16. On what date does the Catholic Church commemorate the Good Thief?
A) 1 November
B) Good Friday
C) 25 December
D) 25 March
  • 17. Who built the Church of the Good Thief in Kingston, Ontario?
A) Convicts
B) Government engineers
C) Local monks
D) The town mayor
  • 18. When does the Eastern Orthodox Church remember the Good Thief?
A) Easter Sunday
B) 25 March
C) Ascension Day
D) Good Friday
  • 19. In the troparion tou deipnou, to whom is the thief compared as a contrast?
A) Pilate
B) John
C) Judas
D) Peter
  • 20. According to Robert Taft, when was the 'Remember me, O Lord in Thy Kingdom' hymn inserted into the Holy Thursday liturgy?
A) 10th century
B) Late 6th century
C) Middle Ages
D) 1st century
  • 21. Which text is often associated with medieval depictions of the thief accompanying Jesus, despite the text itself not mentioning him?
A) The Epistle to the Romans
B) The Gospel of John
C) The Book of Revelation
D) 1 Peter 3:19–20
  • 22. Who wrote 'The Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel'?
A) Robert Taft
B) Heidi Hornik
C) Mitchell Merback
D) Christiane Klapisch-Zuber
  • 23. Which Gospel mentions the penitent thief?
A) Matthew
B) Luke
C) John
D) Mark
  • 24. What is the name of the penitent thief according to the Gospel of Luke?
A) Dismas
B) The text does not name him
C) Barabbas
D) Gestas
  • 25. What does the majority view suggest about the phrase 'today' in Luke 23:43?
A) It modifies the verb 'be'
B) It is an adjective describing Jesus
C) It modifies the verb 'say'
D) It modifies the word 'paradise'
  • 26. Which ancient translation offers significant testimony to the minority view of the phrase 'today'?
A) King James Version
B) Vulgate
C) Septuagint
D) Curetonian Gospels
  • 27. How does Thomas Aquinas describe the paradise mentioned to the thief?
A) A spiritual paradise
B) A corporeal garden
C) A place of temporary punishment
D) An earthly city
  • 28. What did Augustine of Hippo wonder about the penitent thief?
A) If he was a close friend of Jesus
B) If he might have been baptized
C) If he spoke Aramaic
D) If he had stolen from the temple
  • 29. According to tradition, on which side of Jesus was the good thief crucified?
A) His left
B) His right
C) Directly behind him
D) In front of him
  • 30. What does the bottom slanted bar on a Russian Orthodox cross represent?
A) The footrest
B) The bridge to heaven
C) The titulus
D) The crown of thorns
  • 31. What does the top bar of a three-bar Russian Orthodox cross represent?
A) The gates of paradise
B) The feet of Jesus
C) The titulus
D) The hands of Jesus
  • 32. How many men were crucified alongside Jesus?
A) Four
B) One
C) Three
D) Two
  • 33. Which Gospel interprets the crucifixion of the two men as a fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12?
A) John
B) Mark
C) Matthew
D) Luke
  • 34. In the Gospel of Luke, what does the penitent thief say to the other thief regarding their condemnation?
A) They were innocent
B) They were framed
C) They were condemned justly
D) They were victims of bad luck
  • 35. How does the Gospel of John describe the two men crucified with Jesus?
A) The two thieves
B) Two criminals
C) Two sinners
D) Two others
  • 36. Who omitted the Markan/Matthean tradition regarding the thieves in the Diatessaron?
A) Augustine
B) Tatian
C) Origen
D) Ambrose
  • 37. What figure of speech did Epiphanius, Ambrose, and Augustine use to explain the discrepancy?
A) Syllepsis
B) Metaphor
C) Hyperbole
D) Irony
  • 38. Which early commentator followed Tatian in omitting the Markan/Matthean tradition?
A) Augustine of Hippo
B) Frederic Farrar
C) Ambrose of Milan
D) Ephrem the Syrian
  • 39. What does the Greek word behind the name 'Dismas' mean?
A) Cross
B) Kingdom
C) Dying
D) Forgiven
  • 40. What is the name of the other thief traditionally associated with the crucifixion?
A) Dismas
B) Titus
C) Gestas
D) Dumachus
  • 41. In the Arabic Infancy Gospel, what is the name of the penitent thief?
A) Dismas
B) Rakh
C) Zoatham
D) Titus
  • 42. What name is given to the penitent thief in Russian Orthodox tradition?
A) Demas
B) Rakh
C) Zoathan
D) Dismas
  • 43. In the Coptic Orthodox tradition, what is the thief named?
A) Demas
B) Dismas
C) Rakh
D) Titus
  • 44. Which document names the penitent thief as Zoatham or Zoathan?
A) Codex Colbertinus
B) Gospel of Luke
C) Acta Pilati
D) Arabic Infancy Gospel
  • 45. Which event is the Feast of the Annunciation tied to for the commemoration of the penitent thief?
A) Incarnation
B) Baptism
C) Resurrection
D) Transfiguration
  • 46. What is the title of the 1868 French work about the thief?
A) Histoire du Bon Larron
B) Life of Dismas
C) Codex Colbertinus
D) Acta Pilati
  • 47. In Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, who discusses the accounts of the penitent and impenitent thieves?
A) The Four Evangelists
B) Dismas and the Holy Family
C) Vladimir and Estragon
D) Anne Catherine Emmerich and the robbers
  • 48. What is the primary focus of the Dismas Ministry?
A) Catholic prison outreach
B) The study of Samuel Beckett's plays
C) Historical research on the crucifixion
D) Providing travel aid to pilgrims
  • 49. In what year was the Dismas Ministry founded?
A) 1990
B) 2010
C) 1950
D) 2000
  • 50. What affliction did the child of the robbers' family have?
A) Leprosy
B) A broken leg
C) Deafness
D) Blindness
  • 51. What did the robber say to the Holy Family upon their departure?
A) Go in peace and safety
B) May we meet again in Jerusalem
C) Forgive us for our sins
D) Remember us wherever you go
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