Hail Mary - Quiz
Hail Mary
  • 1. What is the Latin title of the Hail Mary?
A) Bogoroditsye Djevo
B) Ave Maria
C) Mater Dei
D) Angelus Domini
  • 2. Who composed the famous 1825 version originally titled 'Ellens dritter Gesang'?
A) Giuseppe Verdi
B) Franz Schubert
C) Charles Gounod
D) Antonín Dvořák
  • 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) Pierre-Louis Dietsch
B) Anton Bruckner
C) Adam Storck
D) Franz Biebl
  • 5. In which Disney film was Schubert's 'Ave Maria' music used in the final segment?
A) Fantasia
B) Sleeping Beauty
C) Fantasia 2000
D) Snow White
  • 6. Whose version of 'Ave Maria' superimposes melody and words onto the first prelude from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier?
A) Franz Liszt
B) Charles Gounod
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Igor Stravinsky
  • 7. What words are omitted in Gounod's version of the Ave Maria?
A) Angelus Domini
B) Ave Maria
C) Virgo serena
D) Mater Dei
  • 8. What is Anton Bruckner's best-known setting of the Ave Maria?
A) A solo piano piece
B) An opera for full orchestra
C) A string quartet
D) A motet for seven voices
  • 9. In what year was Antonín Dvořák's version composed?
A) 1877
B) 1886
C) 1894
D) 1825
  • 10. Giuseppe Verdi wrote a setting of Ave Maria as part of which 1887 opera?
A) The Well-Tempered Clavier
B) Otello
C) Mateo Falcone
D) Le flibustier
  • 11. Which composer was raised Roman Catholic and set the text of the Ave Maria at least three times?
A) Morten Lauridsen
B) Johannes Brahms
C) César Cui
D) William Byrd
  • 12. What is the much-anthologized 'Ave Maria' by Jacques Arcadelt actually?
A) An original composition by Schubert
B) A Slavic folk hymn
C) A Renaissance motet by Josquin des Prez
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) The Well-Tempered Clavier
B) Ellens dritter Gesang
C) Ave Maria ... Virgo serena
D) Nous voyons que les hommes
  • 14. Who composed the 20th-century 'Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)', which is actually a setting of the Angelus prayer?
A) Mikhail Shukh
B) David Conte
C) Lorenzo Perosi
D) Franz Biebl
  • 15. Which Russian composer wrote a famous setting for the Orthodox version of the prayer in Church Slavonic in his All-Night Vigil?
A) Vladimir Vavilov
B) Sergei Rachmaninoff
C) Ninel Samokhvalova
D) César Cui
  • 16. Whose version of the Slavonic text was often misattributed to Giulio Caccini?
A) Vladimir Vavilov
B) Lyudmyla Hodzyumakha
C) Sergei Rachmaninov
D) Mikhail Shukh
  • 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) Protestant Christianity generally avoids any special veneration of Mary
D) Protestants only sing instrumental music
  • 18. Which Renaissance composer set more than one version of the Ave Maria, including 'Ave Maria ... Virgo serena'?
A) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
B) Josquin des Prez
C) Orlando di Lasso
D) Tomás Luis de Victoria
  • 19. What event caused differences in the versions of the Ave Maria text used by earlier Renaissance composers?
A) The Council of Trent
B) The premiere of Otello
C) The publication of Fantasia
D) The translation by Adam Storck
  • 20. Which of the following composers is explicitly mentioned as having a setting of Ave Maria?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Frédéric Chopin
D) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • 21. Who reconstructed the Aramaic version of the Hail Mary?
A) Martin Luther
B) Afram Barsoum
C) Patriarch Nikon
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 22. From which language was the Aramaic version probably reconstructed?
A) Greek
B) Arabic
C) Church Slavonic
D) Latin
  • 23. How many variant versions of the Hail Mary exist in Church Slavonic?
A) Four
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
  • 24. Which group uses the older Church Slavonic version?
A) Bulgarian Orthodox Church
B) Old Believers
C) Serbian Orthodox Church
D) Russian Orthodox Church
  • 25. Which church uses the second Church Slavonic version corresponding more closely to the Greek?
A) Old Believers
B) Russian Orthodox Church
C) Ruthenian Catholic Church
D) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
  • 26. In the Roman Missal, where does the Hail Mary appear as the last prayer?
A) Appendix V
B) Appendix III
C) Appendix I
D) Appendix X
  • 27. Under what heading does the Hail Mary appear in Appendix V of the present Roman Missal?
A) Litany of the Saints
B) Evening Devotions
C) Morning Prayers
D) Thanksgiving After Mass
  • 28. What phrase replaces 'with thee' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) with you
B) with them
C) with us
D) with all
  • 29. What phrase replaces 'art thou amongst' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) are you amongst
B) you are present
C) are you among
D) art thou between
  • 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 Magnificat
C) The Angelus
D) The Doxology
  • 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) Lutherans
B) Baptists
C) Methodists
D) Calvinists
  • 34. The Hail Mary is an essential element of which prayer method?
A) The Angelus
B) The Rosary
C) The Litany
D) The Stations of the Cross
  • 35. Traditionally, how many sets of five Mysteries does the Rosary consist of?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) Five
  • 36. How many Ave Marias are recited in the traditional Rosary?
A) 150
B) 100
C) 200
D) 50
  • 37. Which Mysteries concern events of Jesus' life during his childhood?
A) Sorrowful Mysteries
B) Luminous Mysteries
C) Joyful Mysteries
D) Glorious Mysteries
  • 38. Which Mysteries concern the Passion of Jesus?
A) Joyful Mysteries
B) Glorious Mysteries
C) Sorrowful Mysteries
D) Luminous Mysteries
  • 39. Which Mysteries concern events from Jesus' Resurrection onwards?
A) Luminous Mysteries
B) Glorious Mysteries
C) Sorrowful Mysteries
D) Joyful Mysteries
  • 40. Who proposed the Luminous Mysteries in 2002?
A) Afram Barsoum
B) Patriarch Nikon
C) Pope Paul V
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 41. What prayer precedes each decade of Ave Maria in the Rosary?
A) Our Father
B) Apostles Creed
C) Glory Be
D) Hail Holy Queen
  • 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 John Paul II
B) Martin Luther
C) Pope Paul V
D) Afram Barsoum
  • 44. According to Martin Luther, how should Mary be held?
A) As a goddess
B) With indifference
C) As a mediator
D) In highest reverence
  • 45. Which prayer book retained the original Hail Mary in 1522?
A) Betbüchlein
B) The Angelus
C) Roman Missal
D) Book of Common Prayer
  • 46. Which group of Anglicans uses the prayer in much the same way as Roman Catholics?
A) Anglo-Catholic Anglicans
B) Evangelical Anglicans
C) Low church Anglicans
D) Puritan Anglicans
  • 47. What term did some Protestants use to decry the veneration of Mary?
A) Heresy
B) Blasphemy
C) Idolatry
D) Mariolatry
  • 48. During which historical event was the veneration of Mary largely removed from Anglican churches?
A) The Counter-Reformation
B) The Great Schism
C) The English Reformation
D) The Oxford Movement
  • 49. During which movement was Marian devotion reintroduced to some extent into Anglicanism?
A) The English Reformation
B) The Great Awakening
C) The Oxford Movement
D) The Enlightenment
  • 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) Old Believers
C) Serbian Orthodox Church
D) Ruthenian Catholic Church
  • 52. Which Ukrainian church uses the older Church Slavonic recension?
A) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
B) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
C) Ukrainian Protestant Church
D) Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
  • 53. Which Ukrainian church uses the newer Church Slavonic version from 1656?
A) Ruthenian Catholic Church
B) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
C) Ukrainian Catholic Church
D) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  • 54. What grants a partial indulgence for the Hail Mary prayer?
A) The Roman Breviary
B) The Byzantine Missal
C) The Vatican Gazette
D) The Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
  • 55. What is added to the opening of the Byzantine version of the Hail Mary?
A) Holy Mary
B) Queen of Heaven
C) Blessed Mother
D) Theotokos Virgin
  • 56. Which Catholic Rite also uses the Byzantine Christian form of the prayer?
A) Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches
B) Maronite Rite Catholic Churches
C) Latin Rite Catholic Churches
D) Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches
  • 57. What is another rendering of 'Theotokos' mentioned in the text?
A) God-bearing
B) Blessed Virgin
C) Holy Mother
D) Heavenly Queen
  • 58. What is the title of the Indulgences Handbook in Latin as provided in the text?
A) Codex Iuris Canonici
B) Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
C) Catechismus Catholicae
D) Novus Ordo
  • 59. Which biblical book and verse records Elizabeth's greeting to Mary?
A) John 3:16
B) Matthew 2:11
C) Luke 1:42
D) Mark 1:1
  • 60. Whose greeting to Mary forms the second part of the Hail Mary?
A) Thomas Aquinas's greeting
B) Ildephonsus's greeting
C) Elizabeth's greeting
D) The angel'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 600
B) About 1495
C) About 1555
D) About 1050
  • 62. Which name was added around the same time as 'Mary' to specify who was meant by 'the fruit of thy womb'?
A) Savior
B) God
C) Christ
D) Jesus
  • 63. Is the Western version of the prayer derived from the Greek version?
A) No
B) Only in the later petitions
C) Only partially
D) Yes
  • 64. In what year did the petition 'Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners...' first appear in print?
A) 1555
B) 1568
C) 1050
D) 1495
  • 65. Who is credited with first publishing the petition in his Esposizione sopra l'Ave Maria?
A) Herbert Thurston
B) Petrus Canisius
C) Girolamo Savonarola
D) Pope Pius V
  • 66. Which Dutch Jesuit is credited with adding a sentence to the prayer in his 1555 Catechism?
A) Ildephonsus of Toledo
B) Petrus Canisius
C) Thomas Aquinas
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) 1568
B) 1566
C) 1495
D) 1555
  • 68. What object often had words from the Ave Maria inscribed on them due to the ringing of the Angelus bell?
A) Church doors
B) Stained glass windows
C) Bells
D) Altars
  • 69. Which biblical figure's visit to Mary is one of the foundational passages of the prayer?
A) Angel Uriel
B) Angel Raphael
C) Angel Gabriel
D) Angel Gabriel is not mentioned
  • 70. What alternative name is given to the prayer due to Archangel Gabriel's words?
A) Heavenly Praise
B) Marian Invocation
C) Divine Greeting
D) Angelic Salutation
  • 71. Since which century has the Catholic version of the prayer closed with an appeal for intercession?
A) 18th century
B) 16th century
C) 14th century
D) 12th century
  • 72. Which version of the prayer is most common in English-speaking countries?
A) The Greek version
B) The Latin version
C) The Aramaic version
D) The Hebrew 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-10th-century
C) Mid-13th-century
D) Mid-19th-century
  • 74. Whose commentary on the prayer provides evidence of its 13th-century wording?
A) Thomas Aquinas
B) Francis of Assisi
C) Augustine of Hippo
D) Pope Gregory
  • 75. What is the original language of the Angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary?
A) Koine Greek
B) Hebrew
C) Aramaic
D) Latin
  • 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) Penance
B) Deep sorrow
C) Silent reflection
D) Deep joy
  • 78. The Greek word 'kecharitōménē' is translated as what?
A) Blessed
B) Holy
C) Graceful
D) Chosen
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