Reviewer on Infancy Narratives and the Person of Jesus Christ

TEST I. Identify the following selection:

1 – 10. Identifying the events of the Infancy Narratives:

1.    It presents the family tree of Jesus.

2.    It consecrates Jesus to the Lord as the firstborn son of Mary and Joseph.

3.    It initiates Jesus to become a bona fide member of the Jewish society.

4.    His birth prepares the people for the coming of the Messiah.

5.    This particular event led  the Holy Family to escape to Egypt at the command of an angel.

6.    This act of Mary showed her generous assistance to her cousin Elizabeth.

7.    It announces the miraculous birth of the Messiah through Mary, a virgin from Nazareth.

8.    They were the first witnesses of the Savior’s birth according to Matthew.

9.    These two devout Jews were waiting for the coming of the Messiah in the temple.

10.  The prophet who foretold the sacrificial death of little children in Bethlehem.

11 – 25. Identifying the title of Jesus as described below:

11.  Jesus as intercessor and mediator between God and man

12.  Jesus as the ruler and master of our lives

13.  Jesus as the liberator and healer

14.  Jesus as the strong foundation of our faith and lives

15.  Jesus as the fullness of God’s message and the perfect messenger

16.  Jesus as the “anointed one”

17.  Jesus as the second person of the Trinity

18.  Jesus as the one who proclaims God’s message of salvation

19.  Jesus as the one who offers vicarious atonement for our sins

20.   Jesus as the one who gathers, leads and feeds His flock

21.  The title which  conceals Jesus’ divinity yet demonstrates divine activities

22.  The title which was ascribed to Jesus by John the Baptist

23.  The title which  considers Jesus as the beginning and end of everything

24.  The title which describes Jesus as a wandering preacher who possesses certainty, authority and power.

25.  The title which declares that He did not come to condemn but to save the world.

26 – 40. Identifying whether the following  statements express Jesus’ (a) humanity or (b) divinity. Write the letter of the correct answer.

26.  He was virginally conceived.

27.  He was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth.

28.  He knows the deepest thoughts and sentiments of men.

29.  He paid his taxes.

30.  He endured humiliation and pain.

31.  He chose his students.

32.  He was transfigured.

33.  He received baptism from John the Baptist.

34.  He cured the sick and exorcised demons.

35.  He attended Sabbath worship.

36.  He has no beginning and no end.

37.  He exercised judgment.

38.  He was hurt by the ingratitude of the nine lepers.

39.  He is felt sorry for the widow of Nain.

40.  He changed the water into wine.

Test II. Enumerate the following:

01 – 13            Jesus’ titles according to His earthly, present, future work and pre-existence.

14 – 16            Gifts of the magi to the infant Jesus and their symbolism

17 – 20            Divine Characteristics of Jesus

21 – 25            Symbols Attributed to Jesus

26 – 30            Joyful Mysteries

31 – 32            Liturgical Seasons that highlight the Infancy Narratives

33 – 34            Evangelist who recorded the events of the Infancy Narratives

35                    The personal and human name of our Lord