Answers to the quiz: “Is Socialism all that bad?”

 

1. The Fatima apparition is considered significant based on the following:

a.) The importance of the person involved, that is, the Mother of God;

b.) God Himself authenticated the apparitions with the miracle of the sun, an event of biblical proportions;

c.) both

d.) neither

Answer: c) both

 

2. According to Our Lady of Fatima, which country will spread its errors across the world, promoting wars and persecution of the Church?

Russia

China

Cuba

North Korea

Answer: Russia

 

3. Modern socialists seek to impose income redistribution through abusive taxes. What is the syndrome called that “steals from the rich to give to the poor?”

Robin Hood

Cesar Chavez

Widow’s Mite

Preferential Option for the Poor

Answer: Robin Hood Syndrome

 

4. The driving forces of Socialism are:

a.) Unbridled sensuality

b.) Unrestrained pride

c.) Both

d.) None of the above

Answer: Both

5. Communist regimes are active in several countries. Can you name two?

______________________ _______________________

Answers: China, Cuba, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Somalia

6. There is no essential difference between communism and socialism since full-blown communism is socialism taken to its final consequences.

True_______ False_______

Answer: True

7. Which Pope condemned communism in the encyclical Divini Redemptoris?

Pius X

Pius XI

Pius XII

John XXIII

Answer: Pius XI

8. What is the year when Our Lady appeared at Fatima and when Communist revolutionaries seized power in Russia?

1914

1917

1919

1921

Answer: 1917

9. Which does NOT characterize communism?

a.) Negation of the right to private property

b.) Acceptance of abortion

c.) Promotion of divorce

d.) Respect for the poor

Answer: Respect for the poor