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Hail Mary - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the Latin title of the Hail Mary?
A) Ave Maria
B) Angelus Domini
C) Bogoroditsye Djevo
D) Mater Dei
  • 2. Who composed the famous 1825 version originally titled 'Ellens dritter Gesang'?
A) Antonín Dvořák
B) Franz Schubert
C) Giuseppe Verdi
D) Charles Gounod
  • 3. What was the original literary source for Schubert's 'Ave Maria'?
A) A traditional Roman Catholic prayer book
B) A Renaissance madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt
C) An opera by Giuseppe Verdi
D) Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'
  • 4. Who translated Walter Scott's poem into German for Schubert's work?
A) Franz Biebl
B) Anton Bruckner
C) Pierre-Louis Dietsch
D) Adam Storck
  • 5. In which Disney film was Schubert's 'Ave Maria' music used in the final segment?
A) Fantasia
B) Snow White
C) Fantasia 2000
D) Sleeping Beauty
  • 6. Whose version of 'Ave Maria' superimposes melody and words onto the first prelude from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Charles Gounod
D) Franz Liszt
  • 7. What words are omitted in Gounod's version of the Ave Maria?
A) Ave Maria
B) Angelus Domini
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) A motet for seven voices
C) A string quartet
D) An opera for full orchestra
  • 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) Le flibustier
C) Mateo Falcone
D) Otello
  • 11. Which composer was raised Roman Catholic and set the text of the Ave Maria at least three times?
A) Morten Lauridsen
B) William Byrd
C) Johannes Brahms
D) César Cui
  • 12. What is the much-anthologized 'Ave Maria' by Jacques Arcadelt actually?
A) An original composition by Schubert
B) A Renaissance motet by Josquin des Prez
C) A 19th-century arrangement by Pierre-Louis Dietsch
D) A Slavic folk hymn
  • 13. Pierre-Louis Dietsch's arrangement of Arcadelt's work was loosely based on what piece?
A) Ave Maria ... Virgo serena
B) Ellens dritter Gesang
C) Nous voyons que les hommes
D) The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • 14. Who composed the 20th-century 'Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)', which is actually a setting of the Angelus prayer?
A) Lorenzo Perosi
B) David Conte
C) Mikhail Shukh
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) César Cui
B) Ninel Samokhvalova
C) Sergei Rachmaninoff
D) Vladimir Vavilov
  • 16. Whose version of the Slavonic text was often misattributed to Giulio Caccini?
A) Lyudmyla Hodzyumakha
B) Mikhail Shukh
C) Vladimir Vavilov
D) Sergei Rachmaninov
  • 17. Why do Protestant Christian musical settings sometimes use other texts?
A) Protestant Christianity generally avoids any special veneration of Mary
B) The Council of Trent outlawed Protestant prayers
C) Protestants only sing instrumental music
D) Protestants banned the use of Latin entirely
  • 18. Which Renaissance composer set more than one version of the Ave Maria, including 'Ave Maria ... Virgo serena'?
A) Tomás Luis de Victoria
B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
C) Josquin des Prez
D) Orlando di Lasso
  • 19. What event caused differences in the versions of the Ave Maria text used by earlier Renaissance composers?
A) The publication of Fantasia
B) The Council of Trent
C) The premiere of Otello
D) The translation by Adam Storck
  • 20. Which of the following composers is explicitly mentioned as having a setting of Ave Maria?
A) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B) Ludwig van Beethoven
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Frédéric Chopin
  • 21. Who reconstructed the Aramaic version of the Hail Mary?
A) Afram Barsoum
B) Patriarch Nikon
C) Martin Luther
D) Pope John Paul II
  • 22. From which language was the Aramaic version probably reconstructed?
A) Latin
B) Greek
C) Church Slavonic
D) Arabic
  • 23. How many variant versions of the Hail Mary exist in Church Slavonic?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
  • 24. Which group uses the older Church Slavonic version?
A) Serbian Orthodox Church
B) Old Believers
C) Bulgarian Orthodox Church
D) Russian Orthodox Church
  • 25. Which church uses the second Church Slavonic version corresponding more closely to the Greek?
A) Ruthenian Catholic Church
B) Russian Orthodox Church
C) Old Believers
D) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
  • 26. In the Roman Missal, where does the Hail Mary appear as the last prayer?
A) Appendix III
B) Appendix X
C) Appendix V
D) Appendix I
  • 27. Under what heading does the Hail Mary appear in Appendix V of the present Roman Missal?
A) Morning Prayers
B) Litany of the Saints
C) Thanksgiving After Mass
D) Evening Devotions
  • 28. What phrase replaces 'with thee' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) with them
B) with us
C) with you
D) with all
  • 29. What phrase replaces 'art thou amongst' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) art thou between
B) you are present
C) are you amongst
D) are you among
  • 30. What phrase replaces 'thy womb' in the present Roman Missal version?
A) your womb
B) blessed womb
C) holy womb
D) this womb
  • 31. The Hail Mary is the central part of which devotion?
A) The Magnificat
B) The Doxology
C) The Rosary
D) The Angelus
  • 32. How often is the Angelus generally recited by many Catholics?
A) Twice daily
B) Four times daily
C) Once daily
D) Thrice daily
  • 33. Which Protestant denomination usually omits the second half of the Angelus?
A) Calvinists
B) Lutherans
C) Baptists
D) Methodists
  • 34. The Hail Mary is an essential element of which prayer method?
A) The Angelus
B) The Litany
C) The Stations of the Cross
D) The Rosary
  • 35. Traditionally, how many sets of five Mysteries does the Rosary consist of?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 36. How many Ave Marias are recited in the traditional Rosary?
A) 50
B) 100
C) 200
D) 150
  • 37. Which Mysteries concern events of Jesus' life during his childhood?
A) Luminous Mysteries
B) Joyful Mysteries
C) Glorious Mysteries
D) Sorrowful Mysteries
  • 38. Which Mysteries concern the Passion of Jesus?
A) Joyful Mysteries
B) Glorious Mysteries
C) Luminous Mysteries
D) Sorrowful Mysteries
  • 39. Which Mysteries concern events from Jesus' Resurrection onwards?
A) Joyful Mysteries
B) Glorious Mysteries
C) Sorrowful Mysteries
D) Luminous Mysteries
  • 40. Who proposed the Luminous Mysteries in 2002?
A) Pope John Paul II
B) Patriarch Nikon
C) Afram Barsoum
D) Pope Paul V
  • 41. What prayer precedes each decade of Ave Maria in the Rosary?
A) Hail Holy Queen
B) Apostles Creed
C) Glory Be
D) Our Father
  • 42. What prayer follows each decade of Ave Maria in the Rosary?
A) Magnificat
B) Our Father
C) Glory Be
D) Hail Holy Queen
  • 43. Who stated that 'the Rosary is a treasure of graces'?
A) Martin Luther
B) Pope Paul V
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Afram Barsoum
  • 44. According to Martin Luther, how should Mary be held?
A) With indifference
B) In highest reverence
C) As a goddess
D) As a mediator
  • 45. Which prayer book retained the original Hail Mary in 1522?
A) The Angelus
B) Roman Missal
C) Betbüchlein
D) Book of Common Prayer
  • 46. Which group of Anglicans uses the prayer in much the same way as Roman Catholics?
A) Puritan Anglicans
B) Low church Anglicans
C) Anglo-Catholic Anglicans
D) Evangelical Anglicans
  • 47. What term did some Protestants use to decry the veneration of Mary?
A) Idolatry
B) Blasphemy
C) Heresy
D) Mariolatry
  • 48. During which historical event was the veneration of Mary largely removed from Anglican churches?
A) The Oxford Movement
B) The English Reformation
C) The Counter-Reformation
D) The Great Schism
  • 49. During which movement was Marian devotion reintroduced to some extent into Anglicanism?
A) The Great Awakening
B) The Oxford Movement
C) The English Reformation
D) The Enlightenment
  • 50. In what century did the Oxford Movement take place, reintroducing Marian devotion to some Anglicans?
A) Mid-1600s
B) Mid-1500s
C) Mid-1900s
D) Mid-1800s
  • 51. Which Orthodox church uses the second Church Slavonic version?
A) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
B) Old Believers
C) Ruthenian Catholic Church
D) Serbian Orthodox Church
  • 52. Which Ukrainian church uses the older Church Slavonic recension?
A) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
B) Ukrainian Protestant Church
C) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
D) Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
  • 53. Which Ukrainian church uses the newer Church Slavonic version from 1656?
A) Ukrainian Catholic Church
B) Ukrainian Orthodox Church
C) Ruthenian Catholic Church
D) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
  • 54. What grants a partial indulgence for the Hail Mary prayer?
A) The Roman Breviary
B) The Vatican Gazette
C) The Byzantine Missal
D) The Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
  • 55. What is added to the opening of the Byzantine version of the Hail Mary?
A) Theotokos Virgin
B) Holy Mary
C) Queen of Heaven
D) Blessed Mother
  • 56. Which Catholic Rite also uses the Byzantine Christian form of the prayer?
A) Latin Rite Catholic Churches
B) Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches
C) Maronite Rite Catholic Churches
D) Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches
  • 57. What is another rendering of 'Theotokos' mentioned in the text?
A) Holy Mother
B) God-bearing
C) Heavenly Queen
D) Blessed Virgin
  • 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) Mark 1:1
B) John 3:16
C) Luke 1:42
D) Matthew 2:11
  • 60. Whose greeting to Mary forms the second part of the Hail Mary?
A) Elizabeth's greeting
B) Ildephonsus's greeting
C) The angel's greeting
D) Thomas Aquinas'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 1050
D) About 1555
  • 62. Which name was added around the same time as 'Mary' to specify who was meant by 'the fruit of thy womb'?
A) Jesus
B) Savior
C) Christ
D) God
  • 63. Is the Western version of the prayer derived from the Greek version?
A) Only in the later petitions
B) No
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) 1495
B) 1568
C) 1050
D) 1555
  • 65. Who is credited with first publishing the petition in his Esposizione sopra l'Ave Maria?
A) Petrus Canisius
B) Pope Pius V
C) Girolamo Savonarola
D) Herbert Thurston
  • 66. Which Dutch Jesuit is credited with adding a sentence to the prayer in his 1555 Catechism?
A) Thomas Aquinas
B) Petrus Canisius
C) Girolamo Savonarola
D) Ildephonsus of Toledo
  • 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) 1495
B) 1566
C) 1568
D) 1555
  • 68. What object often had words from the Ave Maria inscribed on them due to the ringing of the Angelus bell?
A) Altars
B) Stained glass windows
C) Bells
D) Church doors
  • 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 is not mentioned
D) Angel Gabriel
  • 70. What alternative name is given to the prayer due to Archangel Gabriel's words?
A) Heavenly Praise
B) Marian Invocation
C) Angelic Salutation
D) Divine Greeting
  • 71. Since which century has the Catholic version of the prayer closed with an appeal for intercession?
A) 16th century
B) 14th century
C) 18th century
D) 12th century
  • 72. Which version of the prayer is most common in English-speaking countries?
A) The Greek version
B) The Hebrew version
C) The Latin version
D) The Aramaic version
  • 73. In what century did the western European prayer consist only of specific greetings with the addition of 'Mary'?
A) Mid-19th-century
B) Mid-13th-century
C) Mid-10th-century
D) Mid-16th-century
  • 74. Whose commentary on the prayer provides evidence of its 13th-century wording?
A) Pope Gregory
B) Thomas Aquinas
C) Augustine of Hippo
D) Francis of Assisi
  • 75. What is the original language of the Angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary?
A) Koine Greek
B) Latin
C) Hebrew
D) Aramaic
  • 76. What is the literal meaning of the Greek opening greeting word 'chaíre'?
A) Praise
B) Peace
C) Rejoice
D) Greetings
  • 77. According to Pope Benedict XVI, the term 'chaire' when interpreted against biblical tradition is an invitation to what?
A) Silent reflection
B) Deep joy
C) Penance
D) Deep sorrow
  • 78. The Greek word 'kecharitōménē' is translated as what?
A) Chosen
B) Blessed
C) Graceful
D) Holy
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