Test your basic knowledge |

DSST World Religions2

Subjects : dsst, culture

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
The release from the samsara
Amos
Elijah
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

2. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
YI
Shinto
Karma
Hellenists

3. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Abraham
Right Penance
Hajj
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

4. What is Jataka?

5. What is diaspora?
Jews outside of Israel
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The Torah
Amos

6. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
World Soul
Sufis
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Not a goal

7. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
The Sociology of Religion
Confucianism
Hijrah

8. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Shih Ching
A P
The Jade Emperor
Pluto was the leader of Hades

9. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Karma
Maktabs
Paul

10. The Trimurti represents what?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Ham (non kosher)
Nebi'im

11. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
Brahman
Micah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

12. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
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
Brahma
Confucianism
Jews

13. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hijrah
Hellenists
Hinduism
Zhu-Xi

14. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Pentecostals
Abraham
Baptists
Hinduism

15. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Mullahs
Pluto was the leader of Hades
YI
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

16. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Elijah
Brahman

17. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Guards for a dead body
Yom Kippur
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer

18. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Brahmanas
Paul
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

19. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Jews
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Seance
The Tanakh

20. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
A Ziggurat
Enlightened One
Seance
Hades

21. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Hijrah
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hinduism
Abraham

22. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
A way of devotion
Seance
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Speaking in Tongues

23. 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
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Muslims
Mishna and the Gemara

24. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Zhu-Xi
Ham (non kosher)
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
It is a law that is not from the Torah

25. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Not a goal
Yom Kippur

26. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Paul
Sufis
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
YI

27. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Sannygasu
Zhu-Xi
Speaking in Tongues
The Mishnah

28. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Baptists
Episcapalian
Pluto was the leader of Hades

29. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
YI
Hinduism
Shiva
Guards for a dead body

30. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Kharijites
Sannygasu
Jews

31. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Mercilessness
Creation
Karma
Gautama

32. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
The Mishnah
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Diwali
Holy trinity

33. What is shradah?
Zhu-Xi
Maktabs
The Tanakh
Shraddha are death rites

34. 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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Baptists
World Soul
The Tanakh

35. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Enlightened One
The Sociology of Religion
The Mishnah

36. True or False- Zealots were passive
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer
Enlightened One
The release from the samsara
Amos

37. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hijrah
Seance
Holy trinity
Brahma

38. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahmanas
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Did not persecute non-believers

39. What is Canon?
Artha
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Apologetics
Gautama

40. What is an atman?
Yom Kippur
Sannygasu
Right Penance
the soul

41. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Sunni
Mullahs
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

42. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mishna and the Gemara
Yom Kippur

43. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
A P
Shinto
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Elijah

44. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Mercilessness
Jesus was the Messiah
Creation
Diwali

45. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Guards for a dead body
Gautama
Confession of sins is not a pillar

46. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Kharijites
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Mujtahids

47. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Indra
The release from the samsara

48. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Brahma
Seance
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

49. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Knowledge
8 folds
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Mishna and the Gemara

50. Bhakti Marga is?
A Ziggurat
Holy trinity
A way of devotion
Right Penance