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DSST World Religions2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Guards for a dead body
Muhammad
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
2. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Brahmin
Hades
A Ziggurat
The Mishnah
3. The Talmud is made up of the...
Hinduism
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Mishna and the Gemara
Not a goal
4. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Brahmin
Baptists
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
5. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahmin
Brahman
Jesus was the Messiah
Hinduism
6. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Mercilessness
Baptists
The Sociology of Religion
The Fisherman
7. The Islamic people are called?
Zhu-Xi
Muslims
Gautama
Gabriel
8. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Sannygasu
Nebi'im
Abraham
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
9. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
A way of devotion
Paul
The Mishnah
Maktabs
10. True or False- Zealots were passive
Mujtahids
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
Jews outside of Israel
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
11. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Gautama
Creation
Shraddha are death rites
Diwali
12. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Knowledge
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Pantheism
13. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
Elisha
Shiva
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
14. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Yom Kippur
Elisha
Episcapalian
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
15. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Sufis
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Sunni
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
16. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
The Mishnah
Creation
Jews outside of Israel
Kharijites
17. The believe in the divinity of everything
Jews outside of Israel
Knowledge
Pantheism
A Ziggurat
18. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
A Shaman
Shinto
The Amish
Jews
19. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
World Soul
Artha
20. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Hinduism
Brahman
Zhu-Xi
Shih Ching
21. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Hijrah
Abraham
The Torah
Sufis
22. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Hajj
Yom Kippur
Hadith
23. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Micah
Maktabs
24. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Brahmanas
Muhammad
Amos
Artha
25. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Jews
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Sociology of Religion
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
26. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Gautama
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hadith
27. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
A P
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
Jews
Amos
28. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Brahmin
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
29. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Knowledge
YI
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
30. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Muhammad
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
31. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Speaking in Tongues
Baptists
It is a law that is not from the Torah
32. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Seance
Shraddha are death rites
The Fisherman
33. 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
Seance
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Indra
Pluto was the leader of Hades
34. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Yom Kippur
Mercilessness
Zhu-Xi
A way of devotion
35. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Diwali
Jews outside of Israel
Kharijites
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
36. What is Takkanah?
YI
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Hijrah
37. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
the soul
Yom Kippur
38. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Hadith
39. 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
Did not persecute non-believers
Elisha
Holy trinity
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
40. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Maktabs
Right Penance
Jesus was the Messiah
The Torah
41. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Mercilessness
Baptists
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Ham (non kosher)
42. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Did not persecute non-believers
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The Amish
The Mishnah
43. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Knowledge
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mercilessness
44. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Creation
A prophet
Dharma - artha - and kama.
45. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Hadith
Shiva
Artha
Hosea
46. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
Sunni
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Hadith
47. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Sufis
Aphrodite
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Amos
48. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Brahmanas
Indra
World Soul
Mullahs
49. What is shomerim?
Did not persecute non-believers
Shiva
The Mishnah
Guards for a dead body
50. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Brahman
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Holy trinity
Allah