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DSST World Religions2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Gautama
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pentecostals
2. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Hades
Hinduism
3. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Apologetics
Hosea
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Hades
4. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
the soul
The Torah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Mujtahids
5. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Confucianism
Hadith
Creation
6. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Hajj
Brahman
The Tanakh
Hades
7. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
A P
Elisha
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
8. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Speaking in Tongues
Maktabs
Sufis
9. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hadith
Shih Ching
10. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Muslims
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mercilessness
Ham (non kosher)
11. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Diwali
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Indra
Mercilessness
12. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Confucianism
Brahma
Hellenists
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
13. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
The Sociology of Religion
Episcapalian
Mullahs
Brahmin
14. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Yom Kippur
A Shaman
Jesus was the Messiah
Elisha
15. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Paul
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
A prophet
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
16. What is diaspora?
Sannygasu
Jews outside of Israel
Elisha
The Mishna and the Gemara
17. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Kharijites
The Mishnah
Hijrah
A P
18. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Nebi'im
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
19. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Seance
Shraddha are death rites
Gabriel
A P
20. What is Takkanah?
The Amish
Knowledge
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
21. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Gabriel
Allah
Paul
Hellenists
22. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Brahmin
Mujtahids
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The Sociology of Religion
23. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The Tanakh
Indra
Holy trinity
24. What is an atman?
the soul
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The Torah
Allah
25. What is shomerim?
A prophet
Guards for a dead body
Holy trinity
Jesus was the Messiah
26. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Amish
Shiva
27. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
the soul
Hosea
Jews
Hijrah
28. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Jews
The Jade Emperor
Did not persecute non-believers
Jesus was the Messiah
29. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Seance
Pentecostals
World Soul
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
30. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Not a goal
31. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Shraddha are death rites
Hinduism
Sufis
Jesus was the Messiah
32. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Shinto
Indra
Gautama
Holy trinity
33. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Shraddha are death rites
A Shaman
Elijah
34. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Knowledge
Sufis
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Amos
35. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Knowledge
36. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Right Penance
The Jade Emperor
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Apologetics
37. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Sunni
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
Hellenists
38. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Nebi'im
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Speaking in Tongues
Hijrah
39. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Brahman
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
40. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Mishna and the Gemara
Holy trinity
Pantheism
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
41. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
The Mishnah
Elijah
Hadith
A Shaman
42. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Brahmanas
Hijrah
Muhammad
A Ziggurat
43. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Hajj
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Apologetics
Creation
44. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
A Shaman
Shiva
Pantheism
Enlightened One
45. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Baptists
Nebi'im
Mullahs
A Shaman
46. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Yom Kippur
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Maktabs
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
47. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
A Ziggurat
The Fisherman
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
48. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Shinto
Sufis
49. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
A Shaman
Hajj
YI
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
50. What is a bodhisattva?
Jews
Mishna and the Gemara
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
A Ziggurat