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DSST World Religions2

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1. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Hadith
Gautama
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mujtahids

2. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Hosea
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Hinduism
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

3. Another word for Islamic Mystics
A prophet
Sufis
Sunni
Shiva

4. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Right Penance
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Jesus was the Messiah

5. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Confucianism
Hinduism
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Shih Ching

6. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Baptists
Pentecostals
The Fisherman
Hinduism

7. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Kharijites
Paul
Zhu-Xi
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

8. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Brahma
Pentecostals
Aphrodite
The Sociology of Religion

9. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Muhammad
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Elijah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

10. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Ham (non kosher)
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The Fisherman
The Mishnah

11. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Brahma
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Confucianism

12. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Creation
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The Tanakh
Allah

13. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
A Ziggurat
Hinduism
Mercilessness
Kharijites

14. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
The release from the samsara
Maktabs
Elijah
Yom Kippur

15. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Mujtahids
Hades
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahma

16. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Mullahs
The Sociology of Religion
Mercilessness
Aphrodite

17. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Brahma
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
Hajj

18. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
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
Ham (non kosher)
Mercilessness
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

19. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Gabriel
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Jade Emperor
The release from the samsara

20. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Elisha
Hijrah
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

21. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Baptists
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Jews
Diwali

22. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Baptists
Sunni
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Right Penance

23. What is Jataka?

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24. 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
Shraddha are death rites
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Dharma - artha - and kama.

25. What two books make up the Talmud?
Right Penance
The Mishna and the Gemara
Hades
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

26. The Trimurti represents what?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Karma
The Mishna and the Gemara
Confucianism

27. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Maktabs
Hadith
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Nebi'im

28. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Guards for a dead body
Shiva
Confucianism
Aphrodite

29. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
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
Amos
Speaking in Tongues
Shinto

30. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
The release from the samsara
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Elisha
Sunni

31. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Hades
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Hadith

32. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
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
Muslims
Allah
Elisha

33. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Hijrah
The Amish
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hajj

34. What is moksha?
Hinduism
Artha
Elijah
The release from the samsara

35. Who was the goddess of love?
The Tanakh
Maktabs
Not a goal
Aphrodite

36. What is Takkanah?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pantheism
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
The Tanakh

37. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
The release from the samsara
8 folds
Shinto
Hellenists

38. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Karma
Muhammad
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

39. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Jews
Abraham
Shih Ching

40. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Pentecostals

41. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Muslims
Holy trinity
Pantheism
Allah

42. What is a bodhisattva?
Shraddha are death rites
Baptists
Shih Ching
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

43. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahman
Creation
Jews outside of Israel
Right Penance

44. True or False- Zealots were passive
Brahmanas
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Mishna and the Gemara
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

45. 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
Micah
Artha
The Jade Emperor

46. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
A Ziggurat
Maktabs
Baptists

47. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Mishna and the Gemara
It is a law that is not from the Torah
A Ziggurat
Knowledge

48. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Mishna and the Gemara
Confucianism
The Mishnah
A prophet

49. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Brahma
Maktabs
Sunni
Hades

50. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Jesus was the Messiah
Maktabs
Sunni
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs