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DSST World Religions2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is moksha?
Paul
The release from the samsara
Zhu-Xi
Muslims

2. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Micah
Not a goal
Ham (non kosher)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

3. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Mullahs
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Indra

4. What is Jataka?

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5. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Jews outside of Israel
Confucianism
Hades
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

6. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Hinduism
Micah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Mishna and the Gemara

7. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Knowledge
The Sociology of Religion
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
YI

8. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
Gautama
Did not persecute non-believers
Shraddha are death rites

9. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Dharma - artha - and kama.
the soul
Hinduism

10. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Mujtahids
A P
Brahmin

11. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
the soul
Brahmanas
The Mishna and the Gemara
Hades

12. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
The Torah
Allah
A Ziggurat
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

13. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Holy trinity
World Soul
Hinduism
Brahman

14. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Abraham
The Jade Emperor
Hijrah

15. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
the soul
Elijah
Seance

16. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Gautama
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

17. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The release from the samsara
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

18. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Brahmin
A way of devotion
Pluto was the leader of Hades

19. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
YI
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Abraham

20. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Jews
Baptists
Indra
Allah

21. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shiva
YI

22. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
Allah
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Nebi'im

23. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Elisha
Micah
Yom Kippur

24. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Shinto
Brahman
Did not persecute non-believers
Amos

25. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Holy trinity
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The Torah
It is a law that is not from the Torah

26. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Hijrah
A Shaman
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Shiva

27. The believe in the divinity of everything
the soul
Pantheism
Brahmin
YI

28. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Allah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Muslims
Not a goal

29. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Pantheism
Diwali
Allah
Dharma - artha - and kama.

30. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Confucianism
Creation
Hosea
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

31. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Pentecostals
Hajj
The Mishna and the Gemara
Artha

32. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
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
The Fisherman
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

33. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Hellenists
Pentecostals
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Mujtahids

34. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Knowledge
The Amish
Not a goal
The Jade Emperor

35. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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36. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Hades
Pantheism
Yom Kippur
Gautama

37. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Hinduism
Creation
Holy trinity

38. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Guards for a dead body
Brahmanas
Allah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

39. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Sufis
Aphrodite
Elisha

40. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Muslims
Knowledge
Zhu-Xi
Mishna and the Gemara

41. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Jesus was the Messiah
Muslims
The Tanakh
Elisha

42. The Islamic people are called?
Speaking in Tongues
Sufis
Muslims
Episcapalian

43. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Right Penance
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Jews outside of Israel
Elisha

44. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Aphrodite
A P

45. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Sannygasu
A prophet

46. 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
Baptists
Shiva
A Ziggurat

47. 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
Seance
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The Amish
The Mishna and the Gemara

48. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Indra
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Torah
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

49. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Elisha
Hellenists
Sunni
Dharma - artha - and kama.

50. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Hadith
Mercilessness
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Creation