Book of Revelation - Quiz
Book of Revelation
  • 1. Why are Christian Gnostics unlikely to be attracted to the teaching of Revelation?
A) They do not believe in the forgiveness of sins.
B) The doctrine of salvation through the sacrificed Lamb is repugnant to them.
C) They believe the book was written by a non-Christian source.
D) They reject the use of symbolism in religious texts.
  • 2. What did James Morgan Pryse consider the Book of Revelation to be?
A) A cryptic history of the Roman Empire.
B) A literal prediction of the end of the world.
C) A manual of spiritual development.
D) A political manifesto for the early church.
  • 3. According to the radical discipleship interpretation, what is the primary agenda of Revelation?
A) To establish a legal code for church governance.
B) To explain the mystery of the afterlife.
C) To provide a detailed timeline of future events.
D) To expose worldly powers as impostors.
  • 4. What do Christian anarchists like Jacques Ellul identify as the Beast?
A) The Roman Emperor Nero.
B) The state and political power.
C) The institutionalization of greed.
D) The influence of false prophets.
  • 5. What is the primary lesson Christina Rossetti believes Revelation teaches?
A) Nationalism.
B) Self-sacrifice.
C) Patience.
D) Vengeance.
  • 6. What did Charles Cutler Torrey insist about the original language of Revelation?
A) It was originally written in Aramaic.
B) It was originally written in Latin.
C) It was originally written in Hebrew.
D) It was originally written in Greek.
  • 7. How did D. H. Lawrence describe the imagery of Revelation in his book, Apocalypse?
A) A masterpiece of political satire.
B) A profound spiritual guide.
C) Beautiful and hopeful.
D) Unnatural and bleak.
  • 8. What viewpoint does Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza take in her book, Revelation: Vision of a Just World?
A) Historical-critical.
B) Literalism.
C) Rhetoric.
D) Existentialism.
  • 9. Which scholar argues that John writes 'horror literature' and that the narrative contains extreme misogyny?
A) Christina Rossetti.
B) Tina Pippin.
C) D. H. Lawrence.
D) James Morgan Pryse.
  • 10. According to the text, what is the chief temptation for Christians identified by the radical discipleship interpretation?
A) Unquestioning assimilation to worldly values.
B) Excessive focus on individual salvation.
C) The rejection of the divinity of Jesus.
D) The abandonment of communal prayer.
  • 11. How does Christina Rossetti suggest Christians should view John?
A) As an outlier whose views were unique to him.
B) As a prophet whose words apply only to his own time.
C) As a figure to be feared for his vengeful messages.
D) As a representative of all his brethren.
  • 12. What did D. H. Lawrence label as a 'death-product'?
A) The Roman imperial system.
B) The practice of asceticism.
C) The language used in Revelation.
D) The interpretation of Revelation as history.
  • 13. What does Christopher Rowland argue about 'loose threads' in the interpretation of Revelation?
A) They prove that the book was written by multiple authors.
B) They are the most important part of the prophecy.
C) They do not usually totally undermine a world-view.
D) They must be removed to understand the text.
  • 14. What does Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza believe humanity should do regarding the symbols in Revelation?
A) Interpret them as literal depictions of future events.
B) Ignore the symbols because they are gender-based.
C) Replace the symbols with modern technological metaphors.
D) Look behind the symbols rather than make a fetish out of them.
  • 15. According to Otto A. Piper, what frames the visions of the Book of Revelation?
A) Liturgical activities
B) Historical chronicles
C) Autobiographical accounts
D) Prophetic warnings
  • 16. When was John taken up according to the text?
A) On the Lord's day
B) At the break of dawn
C) In the middle of the night
D) During the Sabbath
  • 17. What model does the text suggest the primitive liturgy of John's time was based on?
A) Early Egyptian rituals
B) Roman state ceremonies
C) Greek philosophical schools
D) Jewish synagogue models
  • 18. What does Lutheran historian Paul Westermeyer say Revelation is not?
A) A vision of heavenly worship
B) A liturgical guide for believers
C) A secret code for our calendars
D) A proclamation of God's power
  • 19. Which of the following items is mentioned as an object in John's vision of the angelic liturgy?
A) Swords of iron
B) Incense
C) Scrolls of law
D) Crowns of gold
  • 20. To whose work is the view that earthly liturgies should emulate heavenly liturgies associated?
A) Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
B) Otto A. Piper
C) Pope Benedict XVI
D) Paul Westermeyer
  • 21. What does Revelation mention alongside the Lamb?
A) The Apostles
B) The Roman authorities
C) Mary
D) The local elders
  • 22. What derives its unity and universality from the heavenly liturgy, according to Ratzinger?
A) The writing of the epistles
B) The monastic orders
C) The Roman legal system
D) The eucharistic liturgy
  • 23. Which interpretation views Revelation as a broad survey of history?
A) Preterist
B) Liturgical
C) Futurist
D) Historicist
  • 24. What do preterist interpretations focus on regarding the timeline of Revelation?
A) The End of Time
B) The Apostolic Age
C) The Middle Ages
D) The Enlightenment
  • 25. What do idealist or symbolic interpretations consider Revelation to be?
A) A scientific record
B) A legal document
C) A literal biography
D) An allegory
  • 26. Which theologian reworked the first Latin commentary of Victorinus of Pettau?
A) John the Apostle
B) Andreas of Caesarea
C) Jerome
D) Oikoumenios
  • 27. What did Jerome downplay in his rework of Victorinus's commentary?
A) The existence of angels
B) Millennialist/chilliast interpretations
C) The importance of the Roman Empire
D) The role of the Virgin Mary
  • 28. In what language was the Book of Revelation originally written?
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) Hebrew
D) Aramaic
  • 29. Which Roman Emperor is the Book of Revelation commonly dated to, based on clues in the visions?
A) Augustus
B) Nero
C) Domitian
D) Constantine
  • 30. How many manuscripts of the Book of Revelation were there as of 2020?
A) 500
B) 310
C) 1,000
D) 100
  • 31. In ancient numerology, what does the number seven represent?
A) Immensities
B) Perfection
C) The world
D) Imperfection
  • 32. What is the name of the star that poisons a third of the rivers and springs?
A) Gabriel
B) Wormwood
C) Lucifer
D) Morning Star
  • 33. What is the number of the Beast mentioned in the text?
A) 666
B) 888
C) 777
D) 999
  • 34. Which group was rejected by many Eastern Christians, leading them to be skeptical of the Book of Revelation?
A) Sadducees
B) Montanists
C) Pharisees
D) Stoics
  • 35. How many churches of Asia are the letters addressed to?
A) Twelve
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 36. Which of these is NOT one of the literary genres of Revelation?
A) Apocalyptic
B) Prophetic
C) Historical biography
D) Epistolary
  • 37. Who does John identify as the 'ancient serpent'?
A) The Devil or Satan
B) The Beast
C) The Emperor
D) The False Prophet
  • 38. According to the text, what rites are considered a context for understanding the Book of Revelation?
A) Baptismal rites
B) Marriage rites
C) Ordination rites
D) Easter rites
  • 39. Which scholar wrote 'The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse'?
A) Geoffrey Wainwright
B) Marilyn Parry
C) Scott Hahn
D) Massey H. Shepherd
  • 40. Who wrote 'The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth'?
A) Geoffrey Wainwright
B) Scott Hahn
C) Marilyn Parry
D) Massey H. Shepherd
  • 41. What major event had a profound effect on the Jewish people according to those holding the Paschal/eucharistic view?
A) The Temple's destruction
B) The writing of the Gospels
C) The exile to Babylon
D) The Roman occupation
  • 42. In what year did the Temple destruction occur that is mentioned in the text?
A) AD 50
B) AD 70
C) AD 30
D) AD 100
  • 43. Who authored the book 'Eucharist and Eschatology'?
A) Massey H. Shepherd
B) Geoffrey Wainwright
C) Marilyn Parry
D) Scott Hahn
  • 44. How is the Eucharist described in the context of the heavenly banquet?
A) A distraction
B) A replacement
C) A conclusion
D) A foretaste
  • 45. Which phrase is identified as a liturgical sequence or hymn in Revelation?
A) The Lord is my shepherd
B) Holy Holy Holy
C) I am the way and the truth
D) Blessed are the peacemakers
  • 46. Some hymns in the Book of Revelation may have included what type of theology?
A) Secular philosophy
B) Pro-monarchy theology
C) Anti-imperial theology
D) Gnostic theology
  • 47. According to the Paschal/eucharistic view, what does the Book of Revelation provide insight into?
A) The political structure of Rome
B) The history of the Maccabees
C) The biography of John
D) The early Eucharist
  • 48. What is the denomination of scholar Geoffrey Wainwright?
A) Methodist
B) Catholic
C) Baptist
D) Episcopal
  • 49. Who recently showed that the Coptic rite of Apocalypse Night supports the hypothesis of a liturgical reading of Revelation?
A) Beniamin Zakhary
B) An unnamed biblical scholar
C) A church father
D) Ugo Vanni
  • 50. Which interpretative category views the Book of Revelation as a broad survey of history?
A) Futurism
B) Idealism
C) Historicism
D) Preterism
  • 51. What term is often used for modern believers in the Futurist interpretation?
A) Allegoricalists
B) Historicists
C) Millennialists
D) Preterists
  • 52. Which interpretation holds that Revelation is an allegory of the spiritual path and the struggle between good and evil?
A) Idealism/Allegoricalism
B) Historicism
C) Futurism
D) Premillennialism
  • 53. Which viewpoint holds a literal interpretation of the millennium?
A) Amillennialism
B) Idealism
C) Premillennialism
D) Postmillennialism
  • 54. Which viewpoint rejects a literal interpretation of the millennium and favors allegorical interpretations?
A) Amillennialism
B) Postmillennialism
C) Premillennialism
D) Historicism
  • 55. Which view sees the Second Coming as following the conversion to Christianity of a gradually improving world?
A) Postmillennialism
B) Futurism
C) Premillennialism
D) Amillennialism
  • 56. From where does the imagery and numeric symbolism in the Book of Revelation derive?
A) New Testament Gospels
B) The Old Testament
C) Early Egyptian philosophy
D) Ancient Greek mythology
  • 57. According to Pope Benedict XVI, what does the 'Lamb who is slain yet standing' symbolize?
A) The suffering of the Apostles
B) The end of the world
C) The fall of the Roman Empire
D) Jesus' paschal mystery
  • 58. Who does Catholic Answers identify as the 'beast' in Revelation?
A) The pagan gods
B) The Pharisees
C) The Roman Empire
D) A future world leader
  • 59. According to Catholic Answers, what does Babylon represent?
A) Rome
B) Egypt
C) Jerusalem
D) The world system
  • 60. Which group of churches does not read the Book of Revelation during services?
A) Catholic Churches
B) Protestant Churches
C) Western Rite Orthodox Parishes
D) Byzantine Rite Churches
  • 61. How did many Protestant interpreters read Revelation during and after the Reformation?
A) Atheistically
B) Literally
C) Historicistically
D) Only through poetry
  • 62. Which interpretation is particularly influential among modern evangelical and dispensational Protestants?
A) Futurist
B) Historicist
C) Allegorical
D) Idealist
  • 63. Which group maintains a historicist interpretation of the Bible's predictions of the apocalypse similar to early Protestants?
A) Catholic Church
B) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
C) Bahá'í Faith
D) Seventh-day Adventists
  • 64. Which Bahá'í text contains interpretations of Revelation chapters 11 and 12?
A) Doctrine and Covenants
B) Some Answered Questions
C) The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
D) The Book of Mormon
  • 65. According to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who is the author of Revelation?
A) The Prophet Daniel
B) John the Apostle
C) An unknown early Christian scribe
D) Paul the Apostle
  • 66. Which section of the Doctrine and Covenants provides answers to symbolism in Revelation?
A) Section 144
B) Section 10
C) Section 77
D) Section 22
  • 67. How many horns does the red dragon have in the Bahá'í interpretation?
A) Seven
B) Twelve
C) Twenty-four
D) Ten
  • 68. What is the primary genre of the Book of Revelation according to modern biblical scholarship?
A) Poetic anthology
B) Legal code
C) Historical biography
D) Apocalyptic literature
  • 69. According to Ian Boxall, what provides the 'backbone' for the structure of Revelation?
A) Ezekiel
B) Daniel
C) The Book of Enoch
D) Isaiah
  • 70. What is the nature of the Book of Revelation according to its function of offering hope?
A) Economical
B) Biographical
C) Pastoral
D) Scientific
  • 71. According to James Stuart Russell, the Book of Revelation is an exposition of which discourse?
A) The Olivet Discourse
B) The Sermon on the Mount
C) The Parable of the Sower
D) The Farewell Discourse
  • 72. Which Gospel chapter contains the Olivet Discourse according to the text?
A) Luke 19
B) Luke 24
C) Luke 15
D) Luke 21
  • 73. Which celestial event is mentioned as a parallel in the prophecies?
A) The vanishing of the North Star
B) Stars falling from heaven
C) The appearance of a comet
D) The movement of planets
  • 74. Which liturgical calendar uses readings from the Book of Revelation?
A) The Book of Common Prayer
B) The Roman Missal
C) The Revised Common Lectionary
D) The Eastern Orthodox Lectionary
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