MAHRAGAN AL KERAZA th & 5 th Grade Study Guide You also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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1 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: This is a study guide for the Age 4 th & 5 th Grade The study guide is here to help you understand the format of the questions. The study guide is not considered a replacement of the curriculum. You still need to read the curriculum and not relay only on the study guide This study guide does NOT include any Coptic material Coptic will be on the exam

2 Section 1 (Multiple Choice): 1. Where was Abraham born? a. In Egypt who worshipped idols b. In Ur of Chaldeans who worshipped idols 2. Why did God want to have people dedicated to Him? a. He wanted His believers to spread His commandments to pagans b. He wanted dedicated people so that Jesus could be born to save those people only 3. God called Abram (previous name for Abraham) twice to leave his country, what was the first call? a. From Haran to the promised land Canaan (currently Palestine) with his wife and Lot b. From Ur to Haran with his father Terah, Sara and Lot his nephew 4. Where did Abraham pitch his tent and build an altar in Canaan? a. City of Haran b. City of Bethel 5. What did Lot do when Abraham asked him to choose a land so that they separate their herdsmen? a. Lot chose the land that seemed best and lived in Sodom and Gomorrah b. Lot said that since Abraham is older, he should choose the land 6. What did Abraham do when he heard that there was a war and Lot was captured? a. Abraham said Lot deserved that as he took the better land b. Abraham gathered 318 men and went and rescued Lot 7. How did God test Abraham to show his strong faith? a. He told him he will get a son b. He told him to sacrifice his son 8. Abraham was sure that God will a. Raise Isaac from the dead b. Tell him not to kill Isaac 9. Abraham laid the wood for the sacrifice on Isaac but Isaac asked where the lamb is, Abraham said: a. You are the lamb God wants b. God will provide the lamb

3 10. What did God arrange to be sacrificed instead of Isaac? a. A cow b. A ram c. A donkey 11. To teach people a lesson in a simple, Jesus used parables, what are Parables? a. Stories b. Verses c. Songs d. Games 12. In my Father s house are many a. Rooms b. Steps c. Mansions d. Wonders 13. The parable of the 10 virgins is read every day in the prayer a. Morning (matins) b. 3 rd hour c. 9 th hour d. Midnight The parable is relevant to the coming of Jesus, telling us how to prepare a. 1 st b. 2 nd c. 3 rd 15. The oil in the parable represents a. The work of the priest in the baby b. The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives to let us bear fruits 16. How do we be like the wise virgins? a. By buying extra oil from the supermarket b. By going to many weddings c. By being watchful and struggling against sin d. By holding a lamp at night

4 17. The number 5 in the parable of the 5 wise and foolish virgins refers to what? a. The 5 sacraments b. The 5 senses c. The 5 fingers d. The 5 gospels 18. Through the sacrament of Baptism, we a. Become good people b. Become children of God 19. Through the sacrament of Myron, we become a. A temple of the Holy Spirit and It sanctifies and consecrate us for the Lord b. A temple for worshipping 20. Both wise and foolish virgins slept waiting for the Lord, what does sleep refer to: a. Going to bed b. Death 21. The bridegroom came at midnight which is not a definite time but it refers to a. Death of the person b. Jesus coming on the clouds for judgement 22. Why did the wise refuse to give oil to the foolish? a. They thought it wasn t fair b. The request is wrong as no one can give spiritual struggle to someone else 23. Who was Pope Cyril s uncle? a. Pope Kyrillos b. Pope Theophilus 24. Pope Cyril s the pope sent Pope Cyril to the Theological school of Alexandria to study Christianity along with: a. Greek, Hebrew, and Syrian languages b. Greek, Roman and Syrian languages 25. Which heresy did Pope Cyril stand against? a. Heresy of Arius b. Heresy of Nestorius

5 26. The word Theotokos mother of God was used by and all Church fathers which proves her title is correct a. St Cyril and Pope Theophilus b. St Athanasius and Pope Theophilus 27. We believe that at the time of incarnation of Jesus from St Mary, there was a complete union between: a. The Divine and Human natures in Jesus without mingling b. The Divine nature of St Mary and Human nature 28. When Nestorius rejected all Pope Cyril s letters to return to correct faith, Pope Cyril a. Called for an Ecumenical council to excommunicate him b. Called the Emperor to kill him c. Created the creed 29. An Ecumenical council in Ephesus was held in a. 435 AD b. 431 AD c. 531 AD 30. How many bishops attended the Council of Ephesus? a b. 200 c What part of the Creed was created at the council of Ephesus? a. The introduction b. The middle c. The End 32. Pope Cyril worked hard to keep the faith, he wrote many books, letters and a. An epistle in the bible b. A divine liturgy 33. Who wrote the book of Ezra? a. Nehemiah b. Zechariah c. Ezra

6 34. What does Captive mean? a. A king would come from different country with his army, attacks and takes all the goods and all the people good or bad to his own country b. A king would come from different country with his army, attacks and takes all the goods and all the people who can be useful to him to his own country 35. Why does God allow captivity? a. Because people turned away from Him, did not follow His commandments. b. Because people of Israel were needed in Babylon to build it 36. So, we faster and entreated our God for this, Ezra 8:23) a. And He answered our request b. And He answered our prayer 37. What did Ezra ask his people to do as soon as they reached Jerusalem? a. Pray to God at night b. Read their books c. Offer sacrifices of Thanksgiving for 3 days 38. How many days did Ezra and Nehemiah take to build the walls when Nehemiah arrived to Jerusalem? a. 62 days b. 52 days c. 72 days 39. King Artaxerxes loved Ezra and trusted him with: a. Being a leader over the people to return to Jerusalem b. Silver, gold, vessels, donations to use for idols 40. When the king gave permission to Ezra to take the captives back, a. He sat for 3 days thinking and praying b. He immediately left before the king changed his mind 41. How long was the trip of Ezra from captivity to Jerusalem? a. 6 months b. 5 months c. 4 months 42. What did do Ezra do when he heard that his people married pagan women? a. He asked them to leave those women b. He asked them to convert to Judaism

7 43. Who ate from the forbidden tree and disobeyed God commandments? a. Cain and Abel b. Adam and Eve c. Noah 44. To be worthy of this redemption we must: a. Believe in our Lord Jesus b. Be Baptized c. Repent d. Confess our sins e. Taking Communion f. All the above 45. On Good Friday, the church puts spices and perfumes on the icon of the burial and wraps it with a. Black linen b. White linen c. Red linen 46. Before the reading of the book of revelation, we light Lamps with oil in the shape of cross a. Five b. Seven c. Nine 47. The church spends Apocalypse night beside the savior's tomb to a. offer Him praises & thank Him for His great redemption b. share with the saints the joy of the world Section 2 (Fill in the Blank): 48. By faith obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an. And he went out not knowing where was Hebrews 11:8 49. When Abraham was years, God appeared to him and made a with him that He will give a son called and changed their names from to Abraham and from Sarai to Sarah. 50. The meaning of Abraham is

8 51. The meaning of Isaac is son of and son of as God s promised was fulfilled 52. Abraham was also called the father of because of his great in God 53. Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their and went out to meet the 54. Those who were foolish took their but took no with them, 4 but the took oil in their vessels with their 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep 55. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us! 12 But he answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, 56. Watch therefore for you know neither the nor the in which the Son of is Matt 25: Nestorius claimed that when Jesus was doing miracles He was but when he was hungry and when He suffered He was so Nestorius denied the single nature of Christ. 58. Since Nestorius claimed Jesus is not always God, he said we can t call St Mary The of 59. Great is the mystery of : God was manifested in the 1 Timothy 3: Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and they shall call His name, which is translated Matthew 1: Jesus performed miracles through his and was eating and sleeping through His because resembled man in everything except sin 62. The Israelites were one kingdom for a long time then they were divided into 2 kingdoms: & 63. The northern kingdom was called the kingdom of Israel and its capital was, they were taken captives by, while the southern kingdom was called the kingdom of Judah and its capital was and they were taken captives by. 64. Ezra is known to be the first one to collect the books of the testament with great accuracy 65. When Ezra noticed there was no one from the tribe of on the trip back, he sent to get them and they listened

9 66. Mankind needed a to die on their behalf and take away the sentence of that they inherited, therefore our lord Jesus was incarnate Of St. Mary, crucified and on the cross for all mankind and after three days, He from the dead 67. The church uses the to symbolize the tomb of our lord Jesus Christ and place it on the 68. At the end of Good Friday, the congregation prays the psalms up to psalm (I lie down and sleep) they are then dismissed, and the deacons continue reading the book of psalm until psalm 69. The book of revelation tells the story of between the church on earth to the church of heaven Section 3 (Short Answer): 70. What did Abram (Abraham) do when he heard Lot was captured? 71. What did Abraham do when God tested him and asked him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice? 72. Who is the bridegroom in the parable of the ten Virgins? 73. In the parable of the ten virgins, what does the number five represent (as in the five wise and five foolish virgins)? 74. Why did the wise virgins refused to give oil to the foolish virgins? 75. What title did the Church give to Saint Cyril? 76. Why did God allow the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom to be captive? 77. Where did Ezra and God s people arrive to after 4 months in the desert? 78. Why is Eve of Saturday of Light (Apocalypse) called the Saturday of Joy? 79. Why is Eve of Saturday of Light called The Night of Apocalypse?

10 Answers: 1. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 2. A (Reference: Lesson 1) 3. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 4. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 5. A (Reference: Lesson 1) 6. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 7. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 8. A (Reference: Lesson 1) 9. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 10. B (Reference: Lesson 1) 11. A (Reference: Lesson 2) 12. C (Reference: Lesson 2) 13. D (Reference: Lesson 2) 14. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 15. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 16. C (Reference: Lesson 2) 17. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 18. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 19. A (Reference: Lesson 2) 20. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 21. A (Reference: Lesson 2) 22. B (Reference: Lesson 2) 23. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 24. A (Reference: Lesson 3) 25. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 26. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 27. A (Reference: Lesson 3) 28. A (Reference: Lesson 3) 29. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 30. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 31. A (Reference: Lesson 3) 32. B (Reference: Lesson 3) 33. C (Reference: Lesson 4) 34. B (Reference: Lesson 4)

11 35. A (Reference: Lesson 4) 36. B (Reference: Lesson 4) 37. C (Reference: Lesson 4) 38. B (Reference: Lesson 4) 39. A (Reference: Lesson 4) 40. A (Reference: Lesson 4) 41. C (Reference: Lesson 4) 42. A (Reference: Lesson 4) 43. B (Reference: Lesson 5) 44. F (Reference: Lesson 5) 45. B (Reference: Lesson 5) 46. B (Reference: Lesson 5) 47. A (Reference: Lesson 5) 48. Abraham, Inheritance, he, going (Reference: Lesson 1) , covenant, Isaac, Abram (Reference: Lesson 1) 50. The father of many (Reference: Lesson 1) 51. Laughter, promise (Reference: Lesson 1) 52. Faith, faith (Reference: Lesson 1) 53. Their lamps, bridegroom (Reference: Lesson 2) 54. Lamps, oil, the wise, oil (Reference: Lesson 2) 55. I don t know you (Reference: Lesson 2) 56. Day, hour, man, coming (Reference: Lesson 2) 57. God, human (Reference: Lesson 3) 58. Mother, God (Reference: Lesson 3) 59. Godliness, flesh (Reference: Lesson 3) 60. Immanuel, God with us (Reference: Lesson 3) 61. Divinity, Humanity (Reference: Lesson 3) 62. Northern, Southern (Reference: Lesson 4) 63. Samaria, Assyrians, Jerusalem, Babylonians (Reference: Lesson 4) 64. Old (Reference: Lesson 4) 65. Levi, messengers (Reference: Lesson 4) 66. Redeemer, death, died, rose (Reference: Lesson 5) 67. Icon of burial, altar (Reference: Lesson 5) 68. 3, 150 (Reference: Lesson 5) 69. Reconciliation (Reference: Lesson 5)

12 70. Abram (Abraham) gathered 318 men from his servants and went to rescue Lot. He was successful and he brought back all the goods, and also brought back Lot and his family. (Reference: Lesson 1) 71. Abraham was confident in God s promise that his offspring will be like the stars of heaven and that the Lord loves him so much. That is why he was prepared to offer Isaac as a sacrifice trusting that God is able to raise him up from the dead (Reference: Lesson 1) 72. The bridegroom is our Lord Jesus because the parable talks about the Second Coming (Reference: Lesson 2) 73. The number five refers to the five senses (Reference: Lesson 2) 74. They refused to their oil because the request was wrong in the first place. No one can give his spiritual struggle to someone else (Reference: Lesson 2) 75. The Pillar of Faith (Reference: Lesson 3) 76. God allowed captivity to happen because the people turned away from God, did not follow His commandments and lived in sin (Reference: Lesson 4) 77. Ezra was very faithful in leading the people for 4 months in the desert until they reached Jerusalem and God protected them (Reference: Lesson 4) 78. It is called the Saturday of Joy because the spirits of the saints and the righteous rejoiced when our Lord Jesus shown His light to them while they were waiting in hades and took them with Him to paradise (Reference: Lesson 5) 79. The entire Book of Revelation is read. In Greek it is called Apocalypse meaning disclosure of Knowledge or revelation and that is why the night is called The Night of Apocalypse (Reference: Lesson 5)