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