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DSST World Religions2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bhakti Marga is?






2. Indian Caste System (Hindu)






3. The Islamic people are called?






4. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?






5. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife






6. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________






7. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?






8. What is Canon?






9. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?






10. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?






11. Which of the following is not written about Confucianism? Tao-te-Ching - Analects - Lun yu - Great Learning - Da Xue - Doctrine of Mean )Zhong Young) - Book of Mencius






12. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?






13. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss






14. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?






15. What is a bodhisattva?






16. Who was considered the first Buddha?






17. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?






18. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?






19. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?






20. In Judiasm who speaks for God?






21. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods






22. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________






23. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism






24. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist






25. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.






26. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?






27. The Talmud is made up of the...






28. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________






29. Which is NOT a Four Noble Truth? Life is suffering - It is important to experience suffering - Suffering comes from attachment - It is possible to end suffering - There is a path (eight-fold) end to suffering






30. Who encouraged a violent revolution?






31. Another word for Islamic Mystics






32. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society






33. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?






34. What does Buddha Mean?






35. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?






36. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"






37. What two books make up the Talmud?






38. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.






39. Who was the goddess of love?






40. The believe in the divinity of everything






41. Who is the Islamic Prohphet






42. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.






43. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?






44. In Judaism what is the Covenant?






45. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching






46. The Supreme Being. The name of God.






47. Asoka took Budhhism very seriously - which one of the following did he NOT do : Persecute non-believers - Fourteen Rock Edicts - minor Pillar Edicts - Cave Inscriptions - Pillar Inscriptions






48. True or False- Zealots were passive






49. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations






50. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.