Q.1
Which of the following would you be LEAST likely to find easily if you walked into almost ANY random church, or equivalent?
  • A lectern or reading-desk with a Bible on it
  • An altar, probably dressed with a plain white cloth on top and possibly at least one pair of candles
  • A font or, possibly, a baptistry
  • Hymnbooks
Q.2
Consider the following points on the topic of Stained Glass: Stained-glass windows can add beauty and 'atmosphere' to a place of worship, while the craftsmanship in them offers honour to a creator God; They offer illustrative reminders of holy people and their stories, in earlier ages when many congregants could not have read these themselves from the printed pages of a Bible; Being expensive to create and install, many stained-glass windows have been given by (or in memory of) people who had regularly worshipped at the particular church; A Sunday-school child, when asked for a definition of 'a saint', is once reported to have said, 'A Saint is someone that the Light shines through.' How many of these statements are broadly true, valid and relevant?
  • None of them
  • A few of them (you need not commit yourselves to how many, nor which!)
  • Most of them (again, you do not have to pick out any one)
  • All of them
Q.3
As a 1st-century Christian traveller on the Eastern Mediterranean, you arrive at an unfamiliar port and quietly ask someone where you could find the church. What would be the most likely and helpful reply that you might pray for, back then?
  • 'Up the hill towards the theatre, and it's in the ninth street on your left'
  • 'If you mean the Temple, whose temple are you after?'
  • 'From what I hear, they tend to move around. Try asking in the sailmaker's shop, when it's reasonably quiet, if they know when the brothers will next be breaking bread'
  • 'Do you mean that place in the shape of a torturer's cross, that someone's started building alongside the market square?'
Q.4
Which of the following is often used during worship in many branches of the church?
  • Gold
  • Incense
  • Myrrh
  • Sheep-wool
Q.5
Which of these is NOT an area you could expect to find on the main floor within a medium / large mainstream church or cathedral?
  • Vestry
  • Transept
  • Sanctuary
  • Crypt
Q.6
Which of these statements is most likely to be UNTRUE about a historic church (say, pre-1800)?
  • There is/was a sounding-board above the pulpit
  • There are/were no central blocks of pews; the weak may 'go to the wall' to sit or lean, if they cannot continue to stand
  • There are/were fixed, allocated box-pews for members of the local gentry (e.g. the Lord of the Manor and his family)
  • A robed choir would sing hymns and anthems in four parts, often accompanied by a pipe organ
Q.7
Which of these features is about the ONLY one you might expect to find in almost ANY Christian place of worship?
  • A set of bells
  • An altar / 'Lord's Table'
  • An organ
  • Stained-glass windows
Q.8
Nearest to which cardinal compass point is the altar of most Christian churches usually sited?
  • North
  • South
  • East
  • West
Q.9
A mediaeval abbey or monastery could usually be expected to include each of the following, EXCEPT ... ?
  • A scriptorium
  • A dorter or, more likely, more than one
  • A belfry
  • A cloister
Q.10
Most, though not all, Christian traditions welcome and encourage music and other artistic representation and performance as adjuncts to worship (drama and dance; pictures, carvings, emblems and insignia, glasswork ). Often these will show living creatures, people and plants: Saints, the glories of the natural world . Which other major world faith FORBIDS both music and figurative art within its places of worship?
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Sikhism
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