6th Grade Catholicism–Pop Quiz for Fish Sticks

This quiz is for adults with a focus on Fish Sticks–my name for baby boomers who were taught during the Vatican II implementation. Fish Sticks can’t really be blamed for the poor faith formation they may have received; neither can their catechists. The 1960s (and beyond) was a tumultuous time on many fronts: the “free love” revolution, the Civil Rights movement, Vatican II, and bell-bottoms (considered by some to be the 11th plague.) Plus there were fewer nuns and priests resulting in the laity teaching the faith which some were just not prepared to do. There was a huge difference in the culture of the 1950s and that of the 1960s and the Catholic classroom was no exception. Everyone was trying to find the “best” way through it all, just like you will with the following quiz.

Pop Quiz for Fish Sticks

1. Who made you? 

2. What is the main difference between the God Christians worship and the gods of pagans and myths?

3. What is the main difference between the God Christians worship and the God of other religions? 

4. The written record of God’s relationship with His people is the Bible. The nonwritten record of God’s relationship with His people is called __________________.

5. Why is the Old Testament just as important as the New Testament?

6. What message did every prophet have in common?

7. Catholics were criticized for not reading the Bible, but in fact, our Catechisms were age-appropriate teachings on the bible, and every typical Sunday Mass had ____ (number of) Scripture readings plus 3-5 songs based on Scripture. 

8. Why did the Church tell us to abstain from eating meat on Fridays, to fast once or twice a week, and to perform other sacrifices? 

9. What did “JMJ” at the top of our school papers mean, and why did the teaching nuns tell us to write it there?

10.  Besides the Scripture readings and the Gospels’ Last Supper narratives, what is the foundation of the Mass?

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Answers: 1) God 2) Our God is alive and living among us and wants a relationship with us 3)Christians believe Jesus is both God and man and fulfills the messianic prophecy of the Old Testament 4) Tradition 5)Because the the New Testament fulfills what the Old Testament prophesized 6) to repent and return to God 7)four 8) to give us spiritual strength to resist the temptation to sin 9) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; to remind us that we are part of God’s holy family and can ask the saints to pray for us 10) Book of Revelation

NEXT WEEK: The number one question young people ask plus the Big Reveal.

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