Penitent thief - Quiz
Penitent thief
  • 1. In Poul Anderson's Technic History, who makes a show of revering Saint Dismas?
A) Nicholas van Rijn
B) Nathan Drake
C) Claude Fitzwilliam
D) Dismas Hardy
  • 2. Who is the main protagonist in a series of legal and crime thriller novels by John Lescroart?
A) Nathan Drake
B) Claude Fitzwilliam
C) Dismas Hardy
D) Nicholas van Rijn
  • 3. Which band released the 1995 song titled 'Thief'?
A) Third Day
B) Racionais MC's
C) Dizmas
D) The Hoodlum Saint
  • 4. Who is the narrator in Sydney Carter's song 'Friday Morning'?
A) Nathan Drake
B) Nicholas van Rijn
C) The thief
D) Claude Fitzwilliam
  • 5. In 'Vida Loka, Pt. 2', how do Racionais MC's refer to Dismas?
A) A forgotten criminal
B) A first thug life of all time
C) A thief of the century
D) A saint of the streets
  • 6. What was the title of the final album by the rapper Ka prior to his death?
A) The Hoodlum Saint
B) The Thief Next to Jesus
C) Thug Life
D) Friday Morning
  • 7. Which 1946 film prominently mentions Dismas?
A) Once We Were Slaves
B) The Hoodlum Saint
C) Clerks III
D) Fitzwilly
  • 8. In the film Fitzwilly, what is the name of the charity shop operated by the staff?
A) Dismas Goods
B) St. Dismas Thrift Shoppe
C) San Dimas Thrift
D) The Thief's Charity
  • 9. Which media franchise features San Dimas, California?
A) Uncharted
B) Darkest Dungeon
C) Clerks
D) Bill & Ted
  • 10. Who portrays the thief in the film Once We Were Slaves?
A) Stelio Savante
B) Edward James Olmos
C) Dick Van Dyke
D) William Powell
  • 11. In Clerks III, what phrase is misheard by others as 'butt thieves'?
A) but thieves
B) both thieves
C) bad thieves
D) best thieves
  • 12. In the movie American Me, what item is given to the character by his mother?
A) A medal of St. Dimas
B) A photograph of the cathedral
C) A book about the thief
D) A ring of the thief
  • 13. Which video game character is inspired by Saint Dismas?
A) The Highwayman
B) Nathan Drake
C) Claude Fitzwilliam
D) Dismas Hardy
  • 14. In Uncharted 4, where does Nathan Drake travel to visit Saint Dismas' cathedral?
A) California
B) Scotland
C) Brazil
D) Philadelphia
  • 15. What is the primary alternate meaning for the Greek term 'léstés' according to the USCCB?
A) A Roman centurion
B) A Roman tax collector
C) A professional pickpocket
D) A guerrilla warrior fighting for nationalistic aims
  • 16. On what date does the Catholic Church commemorate the Good Thief?
A) 25 March
B) 25 December
C) 1 November
D) Good Friday
  • 17. Who built the Church of the Good Thief in Kingston, Ontario?
A) Convicts
B) Government engineers
C) Local monks
D) The town mayor
  • 18. When does the Eastern Orthodox Church remember the Good Thief?
A) Easter Sunday
B) Good Friday
C) Ascension Day
D) 25 March
  • 19. In the troparion tou deipnou, to whom is the thief compared as a contrast?
A) Pilate
B) Judas
C) Peter
D) John
  • 20. According to Robert Taft, when was the 'Remember me, O Lord in Thy Kingdom' hymn inserted into the Holy Thursday liturgy?
A) Late 6th century
B) Middle Ages
C) 10th century
D) 1st century
  • 21. Which text is often associated with medieval depictions of the thief accompanying Jesus, despite the text itself not mentioning him?
A) The Epistle to the Romans
B) 1 Peter 3:19–20
C) The Book of Revelation
D) The Gospel of John
  • 22. Who wrote 'The Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel'?
A) Robert Taft
B) Mitchell Merback
C) Christiane Klapisch-Zuber
D) Heidi Hornik
  • 23. Which Gospel mentions the penitent thief?
A) John
B) Luke
C) Matthew
D) Mark
  • 24. What is the name of the penitent thief according to the Gospel of Luke?
A) Dismas
B) The text does not name him
C) Barabbas
D) Gestas
  • 25. What does the majority view suggest about the phrase 'today' in Luke 23:43?
A) It modifies the verb 'be'
B) It modifies the word 'paradise'
C) It is an adjective describing Jesus
D) It modifies the verb 'say'
  • 26. Which ancient translation offers significant testimony to the minority view of the phrase 'today'?
A) King James Version
B) Vulgate
C) Curetonian Gospels
D) Septuagint
  • 27. How does Thomas Aquinas describe the paradise mentioned to the thief?
A) An earthly city
B) A place of temporary punishment
C) A spiritual paradise
D) A corporeal garden
  • 28. What did Augustine of Hippo wonder about the penitent thief?
A) If he was a close friend of Jesus
B) If he had stolen from the temple
C) If he might have been baptized
D) If he spoke Aramaic
  • 29. According to tradition, on which side of Jesus was the good thief crucified?
A) In front of him
B) His right
C) Directly behind him
D) His left
  • 30. What does the bottom slanted bar on a Russian Orthodox cross represent?
A) The footrest
B) The bridge to heaven
C) The titulus
D) The crown of thorns
  • 31. What does the top bar of a three-bar Russian Orthodox cross represent?
A) The gates of paradise
B) The feet of Jesus
C) The hands of Jesus
D) The titulus
  • 32. How many men were crucified alongside Jesus?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 33. Which Gospel interprets the crucifixion of the two men as a fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12?
A) Matthew
B) Luke
C) Mark
D) John
  • 34. In the Gospel of Luke, what does the penitent thief say to the other thief regarding their condemnation?
A) They were framed
B) They were condemned justly
C) They were victims of bad luck
D) They were innocent
  • 35. How does the Gospel of John describe the two men crucified with Jesus?
A) The two thieves
B) Two sinners
C) Two others
D) Two criminals
  • 36. Who omitted the Markan/Matthean tradition regarding the thieves in the Diatessaron?
A) Augustine
B) Ambrose
C) Origen
D) Tatian
  • 37. What figure of speech did Epiphanius, Ambrose, and Augustine use to explain the discrepancy?
A) Metaphor
B) Irony
C) Hyperbole
D) Syllepsis
  • 38. Which early commentator followed Tatian in omitting the Markan/Matthean tradition?
A) Frederic Farrar
B) Augustine of Hippo
C) Ambrose of Milan
D) Ephrem the Syrian
  • 39. What does the Greek word behind the name 'Dismas' mean?
A) Dying
B) Forgiven
C) Cross
D) Kingdom
  • 40. What is the name of the other thief traditionally associated with the crucifixion?
A) Titus
B) Gestas
C) Dumachus
D) Dismas
  • 41. In the Arabic Infancy Gospel, what is the name of the penitent thief?
A) Zoatham
B) Titus
C) Dismas
D) Rakh
  • 42. What name is given to the penitent thief in Russian Orthodox tradition?
A) Dismas
B) Zoathan
C) Demas
D) Rakh
  • 43. In the Coptic Orthodox tradition, what is the thief named?
A) Demas
B) Rakh
C) Titus
D) Dismas
  • 44. Which document names the penitent thief as Zoatham or Zoathan?
A) Arabic Infancy Gospel
B) Acta Pilati
C) Codex Colbertinus
D) Gospel of Luke
  • 45. Which event is the Feast of the Annunciation tied to for the commemoration of the penitent thief?
A) Baptism
B) Incarnation
C) Transfiguration
D) Resurrection
  • 46. What is the title of the 1868 French work about the thief?
A) Life of Dismas
B) Histoire du Bon Larron
C) Acta Pilati
D) Codex Colbertinus
  • 47. In Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, who discusses the accounts of the penitent and impenitent thieves?
A) The Four Evangelists
B) Anne Catherine Emmerich and the robbers
C) Dismas and the Holy Family
D) Vladimir and Estragon
  • 48. What is the primary focus of the Dismas Ministry?
A) Catholic prison outreach
B) Providing travel aid to pilgrims
C) Historical research on the crucifixion
D) The study of Samuel Beckett's plays
  • 49. In what year was the Dismas Ministry founded?
A) 1950
B) 2010
C) 1990
D) 2000
  • 50. What affliction did the child of the robbers' family have?
A) Blindness
B) Leprosy
C) A broken leg
D) Deafness
  • 51. What did the robber say to the Holy Family upon their departure?
A) May we meet again in Jerusalem
B) Go in peace and safety
C) Remember us wherever you go
D) Forgive us for our sins
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