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Conversion of Paul the Apostle - Quiz
Contributed by: Burrows
  • 1. In which chapter of Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel Invisible Man is the Saul to Paul conversion literary device included?
A) Chapter twenty-one
B) Chapter seven
C) Chapter one
D) Chapter seventeen
  • 2. According to the grandfather in Invisible Man, what do you start out as?
A) Paul
B) A youngun
C) Saul
D) Invisible
  • 3. What is the subject of the medieval play The Digby Conversion of Saint Paul?
A) Paul's conversion
B) The Feast of Saint Peter
C) The Road to Damascus in science fiction
D) The life of Ralph Ellison
  • 4. Who composed the oratorio Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36?
A) Giaches de Wert
B) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
C) Z. Randall Stroope
D) Ralph Ellison
  • 5. Between which years was Mendelssohn's oratorio Paulus composed?
A) 1833–36
B) 1952–1955
C) 1535–1596
D) 1908–1912
  • 6. Who composed the choral motet Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
A) Giaches de Wert
B) Z. Randall Stroope
C) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
D) Norman Wilson
  • 7. What type of musical piece is The Conversion of Saul by Z. Randall Stroope?
A) A medieval opera
B) A solo piano sonata
C) An eight part mixed choir a cappella piece
D) An orchestral symphony
  • 8. What metaphorical reference comes from the conversion of Paul?
A) Road to Damascus
B) Groundhog Day
C) Feast of the Chair
D) Week of Prayer
  • 9. What does the phrase "Road to Damascus" mean in popular usage?
A) A meteorological prophecy for farming
B) A physical journey across the desert
C) A political election campaign
D) A sudden or radical conversion of thought or a change of heart or mind
  • 10. Which Australian politician was described as being on his own road to Damascus after pledging increased mental health funding?
A) Rupert Bond
B) Bill Rawls
C) Norman Wilson
D) Tony Abbott
  • 11. What was the profession of the New Zealand person who was described as taking the first step on the road to Damascus after turning into a police officer?
A) Boxer
B) Drug dealer
C) Politician
D) Tank commander
  • 12. In science fiction, what is the book The Road to Damascus based on?
A) A real historical battle in Rome
B) A medieval play about Saint Paul
C) A sudden political conversion of a self-aware tank
D) A Christian ecumenical prayer week
  • 13. What is the name of the self-aware Mark XX Bolo tank that undergoes a sudden political conversion in science fiction?
A) Sonny, Unit SOL-0045
B) Judd, Unit DUP-2023
C) Paul, Unit SAUL-1952
D) Bill, Unit RAWL-30
  • 14. In what TV show does the finale episode named "-30-" feature Norman Wilson talking about Bill Rawls?
A) Downton Abbey
B) Wake Up Dead Man
C) Invisible Man
D) The Wire
  • 15. Who tells attorney Rupert Bond that he believes police commissioner Bill Rawls is about to have a Road to Damascus moment?
A) Norman Wilson
B) Tony Abbott
C) Lord Grantham
D) Judd Duplenticy
  • 16. In Downton Abbey, Season 4 Episode 3, who referred to Lord Grantham's change of heart as a "Damascene Conversion"?
A) Lady Grantham
B) Norman Wilson
C) Rupert Bond
D) Edith
  • 17. Whose boyfriend did Lord Grantham experience a change of heart towards in Downton Abbey?
A) Edith's
B) Mary's
C) Sybil's
D) The maid's
  • 18. In the mystery film Wake Up Dead Man, what was Judd Duplenticy's former profession before becoming a Catholic priest?
A) Politician
B) Police commissioner
C) Drug dealer
D) Boxer
  • 19. What incident does Judd Duplenticy liken Paul's persecution of Christians to in Wake Up Dead Man?
A) His accidental killing of another boxer in the ring due to a personal grudge
B) His failure to predict weather prophecies in rural England
C) His disagreement with Norman Wilson over police policy
D) His political conversion during a tank battle
  • 20. On what date in the liturgical year is the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle celebrated?
A) 25 January
B) 18 December
C) 18 January
D) 25 December
  • 21. Since at least which century has the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul been celebrated?
A) 4th century
B) 12th century
C) 8th century
D) 16th century
  • 22. Which Christian church traditions celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul?
A) Eastern Orthodox churches exclusively
B) Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches
C) Only the Roman Catholic Church
D) Only Protestant non-denominational churches
  • 23. What yearly international Christian ecumenical event does the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul conclude?
A) The Boli Tank convention
B) The Digby Play celebration
C) Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
D) Groundhog Day festival
  • 24. In what year did the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begin?
A) 1833
B) 1952
C) 1535
D) 1908
  • 25. How many days long is the octave observance that begins on 18 January?
A) Eight days
B) Twelve days
C) Seven days
D) Twenty-five days
  • 26. What is observed in the Anglican and Lutheran tradition on 18 January?
A) Feast of the Conversion of Paul
B) The ending of the Week of Prayer
C) Wake Up Dead Man release
D) Confession of Peter
  • 27. What was observed on 18 January in the pre-Vatican II Catholic calendar?
A) The writing of Invisible Man
B) The martyrdom of Stephen
C) Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome
D) Groundhog Day
  • 28. In rural England, what modern United States holiday did the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul once function like?
A) Easter
B) Groundhog Day
C) Independence Day
D) Thanksgiving
  • 29. In rural English tradition on Saint Paul's feast day, what did fine days predict?
A) Pestilence and war
B) Good harvests
C) Heavy snowstorms
D) Sudden political conversions
  • 30. In rural English tradition on Saint Paul's feast day, what did clouds and mists signify for the coming months?
A) Good harvests and peace
B) Pestilence and war
C) A successful boxing match
D) Better mental health funding
  • 31. Who is addressed in the collect of the day found in the Roman Missal for the feast?
A) O God
B) Ralph Ellison
C) Saint Peter
D) Felix Mendelssohn
  • 32. According to the Roman Missal's collect, who taught the whole world through preaching?
A) Judd Duplenticy
B) Norman Wilson
C) Tony Abbott
D) The blessed Apostle Paul
  • 33. What does the collect ask God to make believers through the example of Paul's conversion?
A) Commanders of Mark XX Bolo tanks
B) Successful fighters in the ring
C) Writers of medieval plays
D) Witnesses to your truth in the world
  • 34. Where was Paul traveling from when his conversion journey took place?
A) Jerusalem
B) Damascus
C) Rome
D) Antioch
  • 35. Who issued the mandate for Paul's journey to Damascus?
A) Ananias
B) The High Priest
C) Roman Governor
D) King Agrippa
  • 36. How does Acts 9 present the story of Paul's conversion?
A) As a third-person narrative
B) As a parable
C) As a first-person letter
D) As a poetic song
  • 37. What did Paul fall to when the light flashed around him?
A) His horse
B) The ground
C) His knees in prayer
D) A river
  • 38. How did Paul respond to the divine voice?
A) Have mercy on me
B) Who are you, Lord?
C) I am the High Priest
D) I will obey
  • 39. How did the men traveling with Paul react to the event?
A) They stood there speechless
B) They began to argue
C) They fell down and worshipped
D) They ran away in fear
  • 40. What sensory experience did Paul's traveling companions have?
A) They heard the sound but did not see anyone
B) They experienced nothing unusual
C) They saw the light and heard nothing
D) They saw Jesus clearly
  • 41. What happened to Paul's vision after he got up from the ground?
A) He could only see shadows
B) His eyes became twice as sharp
C) He lost his vision permanently
D) He could see nothing
  • 42. How did Paul get into Damascus?
A) He walked alone
B) They led him by the hand
C) He rode a horse
D) He was carried on a stretcher
  • 43. At whose house on the Street Called Straight was Paul staying?
A) Ananias
B) Simon
C) Judas
D) Saul
  • 44. What was Ananias initially when told to visit Paul?
A) Eager
B) Confused
C) Reluctant
D) Angry
  • 45. What fell from Saul's eyes when Ananias healed him?
A) Dust from the road
B) Blood and tears
C) Something like scales
D) A thick bandage
  • 46. What happened to Paul immediately after his sight was restored?
A) He wrote a letter
B) He fell asleep
C) He was baptized
D) He left Damascus
  • 47. When did Paul regain his physical strength?
A) Before opening his eyes
B) During his baptism
C) While speaking to Ananias
D) After taking some food
  • 48. For what audience is Paul's speech in Acts 22 clearly tailored?
A) A Roman ruler
B) A gathering of Gentiles
C) A group of Greek philosophers
D) A Jewish audience
  • 49. What accusations is Paul defending himself against when addressing King Agrippa?
A) Stealing temple funds
B) Worshiping Roman gods
C) Antinomianism
D) Starting a political rebellion
  • 50. How does the third account of conversion compare in length to the others?
A) It is missing the ending
B) It is briefer
C) It is much longer
D) It is exactly the same length
  • 51. What does Paul reassure King Agrippa about in his third speech?
A) Christians were not a secret society
B) He had the support of the Roman army
C) He was a Roman citizen by birth
D) Christians paid their taxes to Rome
  • 52. Did Paul know Jesus before his crucifixion?
A) Yes
B) No
C) He was his student
D) He was his childhood friend
  • 53. What religious group did Paul belong to before his conversion?
A) Essenes
B) Pharisees
C) Zealots
D) Sadducees
  • 54. In which Pauline epistle does Paul describe his previous way of life in Judaism and his persecution of the church?
A) Ephesians
B) Romans
C) Colossians
D) Galatians
  • 55. Besides Galatians, in which other epistle does Paul discuss his pre-conversion life?
A) Philemon
B) Hebrews
C) Philippians
D) Titus
  • 56. Which translation uses the phrase 'revelations from the Lord' in 2 Corinthians?
A) NIV
B) NASB
C) KJV
D) Septuagint
  • 57. In 2 Corinthians, when Paul talks about a man caught up to the third heaven, who is he actually speaking of?
A) Stephen
B) An unknown Gentile
C) Cephas
D) Himself
  • 58. What is Craig Keener's stated point regarding the differing details in the accounts?
A) Selective revelation
B) Memory loss of the author
C) Historical inaccuracy
D) Translation differences
  • 59. Who argues that first century readers might have understood that everybody heard the sound, but only Paul understood the words?
A) Nigel Turner
B) Craig Keener
C) Richard Longenecker
D) Daniel B. Wallace
  • 60. What is the normal Greek word for an inarticulate sound?
A) φωνή
B) ἀκούω
C) ψόφος
D) μὲν
  • 61. What is the primary meaning of the Greek verb ἀκούω?
A) Hear
B) Understand
C) See
D) Speak
  • 62. In which New Testament verse is ἀκούω translated with the secondary meaning of 'understand' in standard translations?
A) Acts 9:7
B) Romans 8:1
C) 1 Cor. 14:2
D) Acts 22:9
  • 63. Which version renders Acts 9:7 as 'The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one'?
A) NIV
B) NRSVue
C) NET Bible
D) Luther's German translation
  • 64. Since what decade have some Bible versions attempted a harmonizing translation of the conversion accounts?
A) The 1980s
B) The 1950s
C) The 1970s
D) The 1930s
  • 65. In Acts 9:7, in what grammatical construction does ἀκούω appear?
A) Finite verb with an accusative object
B) Participle construction with a genitive
C) Infinitive with a nominative subject
D) Imperative with a dative object
  • 66. Who suggests that the use of the accusative case indicates hearing with understanding?
A) Daniel B. Wallace
B) Craig Keener
C) Richard Longenecker
D) Nigel Turner
  • 67. What does God's power use to achieve the divine purpose, according to the text?
A) Solely the Council of Trent
B) Everything, even the hostile persecutor
C) Preaching without divine grace
D) Only righteous followers
  • 68. What symptom following Paul's conversion did Landsborough suggest might be post-ictal?
A) The falling to the ground
B) The change in religious belief
C) The hearing of a voice
D) The blindness
  • 69. What did the authors of the 2012 paper propose as the context for Paul's auditory and visual experiences?
A) Severe dehydration and exhaustion from travel
B) A deliberate attempt to deceive followers
C) Divine intervention without natural causes
D) Mood disorder associated psychotic spectrum symptoms
  • 70. Whose commentary emphasizes the power of divine grace in Paul's conversion?
A) D. Landsborough
B) Thomas Aquinas
C) James R. Brorson
D) Justus Knecht
  • 71. In which work does Thomas Aquinas discuss the sudden grace of God in Paul's conversion?
A) Journal of Neurology
B) Acts of the Apostles
C) Pastoral Letters
D) Summa Theologiae
  • 72. Which biblical passage does Thomas Aquinas cite to illustrate that God can make a poor man rich on a sudden?
A) Jn. 6:45
B) 1 Cor. 15:10
C) Acts 9:7
D) Ecclus. 11:23
  • 73. Which biblical verse does Thomas Aquinas reference regarding everyone who has heard of the Father coming to Him?
A) 1 Cor. 15:10
B) Acts 9:7
C) Jn. 6:45
D) Ecclus. 11:23
  • 74. When did the subject gradually become popular for larger paintings?
A) During the medieval period
B) From the Renaissance
C) In early Christianity
D) In the 20th century
  • 75. Which group of painters was especially drawn to the drama of the event?
A) Impressionist painters
B) Surrealist painters
C) Baroque painters
D) Cubist painters
  • 76. Who painted a fresco of the conversion in the Vatican Cappella Paolina in the 1540s?
A) Albrecht Dürer
B) Michelangelo
C) Caravaggio
D) Peter Paul Rubens
  • 77. With which event did Michelangelo pair his conversion fresco?
A) The ascension of Christ
B) Peter's denial
C) The martyrdom of Stephen
D) Peter's Crucifixion
  • 78. What color of horse is Paul most often shown riding?
A) A spotted horse
B) A white horse
C) A black horse
D) A brown horse
  • 79. What distance of travel might the inclusion of horses reflect?
A) 135 miles
B) 50 miles
C) 500 miles
D) 300 miles
  • 80. What is the equivalent distance in kilometers of Paul's journey mentioned in the text?
A) 218 km
B) 450 km
C) 350 km
D) 100 km
  • 81. Which of these artists is listed as having depicted the conversion?
A) Rembrandt van Rijn
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Claude Monet
  • 82. Which Spanish artist is mentioned among those who depicted the subject?
A) Diego Velázquez
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Francisco Camilo
  • 83. Did Giovanni Bellini depict the conversion of Paul?
A) Yes
B) Only in his later years
C) Only in drawings
D) No
  • 84. Which early Italian painter named Fra is listed in the text?
A) Fra Giovanni
B) Fra Mauro
C) Fra Filippo Lippi
D) Fra Angelico
  • 85. Who, alongside Fra Angelico, is mentioned as an artist who depicted the event?
A) Fra Bartolomeo
B) Fra Girolamo
C) Fra Salimbene
D) Fra Luca
  • 86. Which Northern Renaissance painter is noted in the text for depicting the conversion?
A) Pieter Bruegel the Elder
B) Hieronymus Bosch
C) Rogier van der Weyden
D) Jan van Eyck
  • 87. Which English visionary artist and poet is mentioned in the text?
A) William Blake
B) J. M. W. Turner
C) John Milton
D) John Constable
  • 88. Which Italian artist whose last name starts with G is listed among the painters?
A) Giotto di Bondone
B) Luca Giordano
C) Gentile da Fabriano
D) Giorgione
  • 89. Which artist named Sante is mentioned in the text?
A) Sante Peranda
B) Sante Raphael
C) Sante Botticelli
D) Sante Titian
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