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A Preassessment of My Knowledge of the Eucharist: Part I

Use the following word bank to answer the questions. There are extra answers in the word bank.

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WORD BANK

the Apostle Paul

the Apostle Peter

Matthew

unity

blessed

dying

manna

Jesus

thanksgiving

wedding feast at Cana

multiplication

Sacrament

Logos

epiclesis

Passover

division

Eucharist

one

Luke

pilgrims

participate

Body and Blood of Christ

Jesus

anamnesis

dismissal

Mark

Melchizedek

Corpus Christi (Body of Christ)

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

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1. ______instituted the Eucharist in fulfillment of his promise to remain with us after his death.

2. The ______is the Sacrament that makes present the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

3. In the Mass the gifts of bread and wine become the ______.

4. According to the Gospels, the Last Supper was celebrated during the Jewish ______feast.

5. At the Last Supper, when Jesus ______the bread and wine, making them his Body and Blood, he also said the words, “Do this in memory of me.”

6. The word Eucharist comes from a Greek word that means ______.

7. It is because Christ really is present in the Eucharist that we are truly able to ______in the Paschal Mystery each time we celebrate the Mass.

8. Every Eucharist brings us into ______with the Pope and all members of the Church on earth as well as those in Heaven.

9. Because there is one Paschal Mystery, there is ______Eucharist in which we participate.

10. The Greek title for Jesus in the Gospel of John that refers to the Word who “became flesh / and made his dwelling among us” is the ______.

11. The Jewish priest ______brought out bread and wine to Abram (later Abraham), prefiguring the Eucharist.

12. Another Old Testament event that prefigures the Eucharist is that of God feeding the Israelites ______in the desert.

13. In the New Testament, the ______of loaves and fishes to feed multitudes prefigures the Eucharist.

14. The Gospels that record an account of the Last Supper are (name all) ______.

15. The earliest account of the institution of the Eucharist in the New Testament was written by ______.

16. The first of Jesus’ signs that prefigure the Eucharist took place at the ______.

17. One name for the Eucharist that emphasizes the reality that we share Christ with the entire Church, as a single Body, is the name ______.

18. The word viaticum means “with you on the way” and is Eucharist given to the ______.

19. The word Mass takes its name from the Latin word missathat refers to the sending out of Christians, in the part of the Mass known as the ______.

20. A special celebration of the gift of the Eucharist occurs on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday and is called the ______.

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The questions on this preassessment concern background information on the Eucharist that will be discussed in unit 5. In the space below, write down topics or questions concerning the Eucharist that you would like to know more about.

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