Jesus Christ Suffered, Died, and was Buried


  1. Which is not true?

    1. Jesus abolished the Old Testament Law.
    2. Jesus perfectly fulfilled the Old Testament Law.
    3. Jesus took upon himself the curse of the Law incurred by those who failed to keep the Law.
    4. Jesus perfected the law by giving it a divine interpretation.
    5. To violate one of the Laws is to violate them all.

  2. True or false. Because Jesus died for our sins, we who sin are those who made Jesus suffer on the cross.

  3. Which is true?

    1. Jesus venerated and loved the Jerusalem temple, shown by his attendence at the Jewish feasts in the Temple.
    2. In the new age of the history of salvation, Jesus' body will be the true Temple.
    3. Jesus refused to pay the Temple tax, for that money was used to support oppressive authoritarian structures.
    4. Jesus prophecized that he would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days.
    5. None of the above.

  4. Which of the following is not one of the ways in which Jesus publicly scandalized some Jews by claiming to be God:

    1. He forgave sins.
    2. He claimed that he and the Father were one.
    3. He claimed that there was something in him greater than Jonah.
    4. He claimed to have the power to bind on earth what will be bound in heaven, and to loose on earth what will be loosed in heaven.
    5. He claimed that "before Abraham was, I am."

  5. Which of the following Old Testament prophecies does Jesus fulfill?

    1. The Suffering Servant.
    2. The Prodigal Son.
    3. The suffering of Job.
    4. All of the above.
    5. None of the above.

  6. The beginning of our salvation is in God's attribute of:

    1. goodness
    2. omnipotence
    3. justice
    4. mercy
    5. love

  7. Which of the following is not true?

    1. The Last Supper is the memorial of Christ's sacrifice.
    2. Jesus as God made man both surpasses and embraces all mankind, by which his redemptive sacrifice is made possible.
    3. By the mandate to his apostles to perpetuate the offering of his sacrifice, Jesus makes the apostles priests of the New Covenant.
    4. Jesus' words, "if it be possible, let this cup pass from me", show that Jesus' passion and death was repulsive to his human nature.
    5. Because Jesus is God incarnate, man cannot hope to partake in the paschal mystery.

  8. True or false. Even though Scripture says that God made Jesus "to be sin who knew no sin," Jesus did not redeem us by being punished as a sinner.

  9. True or false. It is the Jesus the man, not the Second Person of the Trinity, who died and was buried.

  10. True or false. After his death, Christ's body "saw no corruption" because his divinity kept his body and soul united.

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