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DSST World Religions2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Indra
Micah
Elisha
Muhammad

2. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Episcapalian
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shinto
The Tanakh

3. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Nebi'im
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
A prophet
Brahmin

4. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Holy trinity
Ham (non kosher)
Hajj
Brahma

5. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Hadith
Diwali
Allah
Guards for a dead body

6. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Nebi'im
A prophet
Muhammad

7. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Zhu-Xi
Speaking in Tongues
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Confucianism

8. The believe in the divinity of everything
Mullahs
Pantheism
Nebi'im
Guards for a dead body

9. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Brahma
Abraham
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Hosea

10. Who was the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
Brahmanas
Jews outside of Israel
Hades

11. 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 Torah
Yom Kippur
Elijah

12. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
Enlightened One
Shinto
Ham (non kosher)

13. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
The Sociology of Religion
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
The Fisherman
The Mishnah

14. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Apologetics
Indra
Kharijites
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

15. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Brahman
Paul
The Jade Emperor
Hadith

16. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mercilessness
Muslims
Mujtahids

17. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
A Ziggurat
Speaking in Tongues
Ham (non kosher)
Creation

18. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
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
Not a goal
A P

19. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Baptists
A P
Jews
Confession of sins is not a pillar

20. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
The Fisherman
Enlightened One
Jesus was the Messiah
Allah

21. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
The Jade Emperor
Hosea
A prophet

22. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Mujtahids
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
Nebi'im

23. What is moksha?
Sannygasu
Zhu-Xi
Artha
The release from the samsara

24. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
The Mishna and the Gemara
Enlightened One
Amos
Artha

25. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Gabriel
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Diwali

26. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Creation
Sunni
Zhu-Xi

27. What is a bodhisattva?
The Fisherman
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Confucianism
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

28. What is shomerim?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Enlightened One
Guards for a dead body
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

29. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
A Shaman
Hinduism
Did not persecute non-believers
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

30. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Brahmin
The Mishna and the Gemara
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Holy trinity

31. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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32. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
The Sociology of Religion
Shih Ching
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Sufis

33. 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
A prophet
YI
Maktabs

34. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
World Soul
Hades
Brahman
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

35. What does Buddha Mean?
Amos
Dharma - artha - and kama.
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Enlightened One

36. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Aphrodite
Ham (non kosher)
Brahma
A Ziggurat

37. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Abraham
The Tanakh
Mullahs
8 folds

38. The Talmud is made up of the...
Mishna and the Gemara
Mullahs
The Sociology of Religion
Knowledge

39. What is an atman?
the soul
The Mishnah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

40. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Sunni
YI
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shiva

41. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Guards for a dead body
Hinduism
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Maktabs

42. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
The Jade Emperor
A way of devotion
Hades
Shih Ching

43. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Hijrah
Brahma
World Soul
Pluto was the leader of Hades

44. True or False- Zealots were passive
The Sociology of Religion
Brahmin
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
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

45. The Islamic people are called?
The Torah
Pantheism
Muslims
It is a law that is not from the Torah

46. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Creation
Jews outside of Israel

47. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Holy trinity
The Amish
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
A way of devotion

48. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
the soul
Enlightened One
Pentecostals
Did not persecute non-believers

49. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Shinto
Jesus was the Messiah
Hinduism
The Mishnah

50. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Confucianism
Pantheism
Maktabs
Dharma - artha - and kama.