catechism

noun3

1. •
   A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
2. •
   A basic manual in some subject.
3. •
   A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.

   • Inscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand. — 1925