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DSST World Religions2

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1. What is Canon?
Micah
Holy trinity
The Mishna and the Gemara
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

2. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Hinduism
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

3. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Confucianism
Hinduism
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Elisha

4. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Muslims
Kharijites
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

5. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
8 folds
The Jade Emperor

6. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Sufis
Brahmin
Enlightened One

7. What is Takkanah?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Maktabs
Brahma
Jesus was the Messiah

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
Shiva
Shih Ching
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
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

9. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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10. True or False- Zealots were passive
Gabriel
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
Not a goal
Hades

11. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Gautama
Shiva
Abraham
8 folds

12. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Mullahs
Ham (non kosher)
Paul
A P

13. The Trimurti represents what?
Gabriel
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Did not persecute non-believers
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

14. What is shomerim?
Indra
Elijah
Guards for a dead body
Hosea

15. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Jesus was the Messiah
Shraddha are death rites
Pentecostals
Shinto

16. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Brahmanas
The Tanakh
Jews
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

17. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
A Ziggurat
Paul
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

18. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Elisha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Gautama

19. What is a bodhisattva?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The Torah
The release from the samsara

20. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Sufis
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Jade Emperor

21. What is shradah?
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
Apologetics
Shraddha are death rites
The Sociology of Religion

22. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Jesus was the Messiah
Confucianism
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
Not a goal

23. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Gabriel
Apologetics
A Ziggurat
the soul

24. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
The Fisherman
Amos
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Mullahs

25. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Knowledge
Hinduism
Mullahs
Right Penance

26. What is moksha?
Holy trinity
Abraham
The release from the samsara
Jews outside of Israel

27. What is an atman?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
the soul
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

28. The believe in the divinity of everything
Confucianism
Abraham
Pantheism
Muslims

29. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Hosea
Creation
Hajj
Paul

30. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
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
Episcapalian

31. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Guards for a dead body
Shraddha are death rites
Hinduism

32. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Hinduism
Brahma
Hades
Brahman

33. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Pantheism
Hades
Creation
Allah

34. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Yom Kippur
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
8 folds
Gabriel

35. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Episcapalian
Jews outside of Israel
Hinduism

36. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Shih Ching
Enlightened One
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Jesus was the Messiah

37. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Brahma
Episcapalian
Creation

38. 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
Sufis
8 folds
The Sociology of Religion
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

39. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Brahman
Speaking in Tongues
Maktabs

40. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
8 folds
YI
The Amish
Right Penance

41. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
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
Creation
Not a goal
Hellenists

42. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Mujtahids
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

43. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Abraham
Sunni
The Fisherman
Confucianism

44. What does Buddha Mean?
Speaking in Tongues
A P
Hijrah
Enlightened One

45. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Hosea
Right Penance
A prophet
Pentecostals

46. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
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 Jade Emperor
Knowledge

47. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Sannygasu
Jews outside of Israel
A way of devotion
Mercilessness

48. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Karma
Confucianism
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
A P

49. What two books make up the Talmud?
Knowledge
The Tanakh
Elijah
The Mishna and the Gemara

50. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Not a goal
Amos
Mishna and the Gemara
Hinduism