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1. How many Wise Men (Magi) visited Joseph, Jesus and Mary in Bethlehem?
2. Which King of Israel wanted to kill the baby who would grow to become the Messiah?
3. Who wrote the text of the Epiphany carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are"?
4. The story of the visit of the Wise Men (Magi) appears in the Gospel according to whom?
5. Which of the following is not a kind of Three Kings Cake?
6. Whose poem "The Journey of the Magi" begins "A cold coming we had of it, just the worst time of the year for a journey, and such a long journey"?
7. What is the origin and meaning of the word "epiphany"?
8. What are/were the three traditional names assigned to the Wise Men (Magi)?
9. "The Adoration of the Magi" was commissioned in the late 15th Century as an altarpiece for the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence. It was unfinished and now hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Who painted it?
10. What is myrrh?
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