1. In His Steps is the best-selling religious novel in history. To the nearest $10,000, how much money did publishers have to give author Charles Sheldon for it?

A. $0 (He negected to copyright it; some publishers voluntarily gave him money anyway.)
B. $60,000
C. $280,000
D. $1,020,000

2. For what instrument was "Silent Night" originally written?

A. Guitar
B. Banjo
C. Organ
D. Piano

3. John Wycliffe (1324-1384) translated the Bible into English. The government protected him during his lifetime; what did the church do forty-four years after his death?

A. Dug up his bones, burned them, and threw the ashes into a river.
B. Killed his seven surviving grandchildren, twenty-six greatgradchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren
C. Melted down his statue at Oxford
D. Asked God to place him in "hell within hell"

4. In a 1983 survey, who was the most-watched TV preacher in America?

A. Robert Schuller
B. Jimmy Swaggart
C. Jerry Falwell
D. Oral Roberts

5. What alleged relic, kept in Canterbury, England, did the medieval church claim was the oldest relic in the world?

A. The club with which Cain killed Able
B. The apple core from which Adam and Eve took bites.
C. A splinter of bone from Adam's rib
D. The clay that God had left over after making Adam.

6. What is an "apostle spoon?"

A. An expensive christening gift in fifteenth-century Italy; thus we get "born with a silver spoon in his mouth"
B. A spoon supposedly used at the Last Supper; twenty-two of them were scattered around medieval Europe as relics
C. A spoon-shaped sieve used in Middle Eastern archaeological digs
D. Part of a silverware set in early America, called that because it was part of a twelve-piece set.

7. Taking their cue from Psalm 119 ("Seven times a day will I praise Thee"), medieval monks prayed daily at three-hour intervals, starting at noon. What interval did they skip?

A. 6:00 P.M.
B. 9:00 P.M.
C. Midnight
D. 3:00 A.M.

8. Which president signed the bill to add the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance?

A. James Garfield
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. John Kennedy

9. Who said at his martyrdom that he had served Christ for eighty-six years?

A. Paul
B. Justin Martyr
C. Polycarp
D. Felix Manz

10. In A.D. 419, according to Roman law, a fugitive was safe if he could get within fifty feet of what?

A. A large group of well-armed friends
B. A priest
C. The Eucharist (provided it had been consdecrated)
D. A church door ("A" might be true as well!)