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DSST World Religions2

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1. 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
Muslims
Did not persecute non-believers
Elijah

2. 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
Not a goal
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mullahs

3. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Sannygasu
Maktabs
Muslims
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

4. What does Buddha Mean?
Indra
The Mishnah
Enlightened One
The release from the samsara

5. What is moksha?
Hosea
Knowledge
Mishna and the Gemara
The release from the samsara

6. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Seance
Sannygasu
Yom Kippur
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

7. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Speaking in Tongues
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Elijah
Karma

8. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Not a goal
Speaking in Tongues
Brahman
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

9. What is Jataka?

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10. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Right Penance
Hinduism
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)

11. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Pentecostals
The Mishnah
Amos
The Mishna and the Gemara

12. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Hinduism

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

14. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Gautama
Micah
Hadith
Abraham

15. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Karma
Pentecostals
Hajj
The Mishnah

16. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Jesus was the Messiah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Sufis

17. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Creation
Jesus was the Messiah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

18. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Ham (non kosher)
Mujtahids
Shinto

19. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Sufis
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hades
Gautama

20. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Zhu-Xi
Shinto
Brahma

21. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
Allah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Right Penance

22. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Maktabs
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hellenists
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

23. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Mullahs
Seance
Apologetics

24. What is the holy wanderer called?
Yom Kippur
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Sannygasu

25. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
The Torah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Pantheism
Shinto

26. What is diaspora?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Paul
Pentecostals
Jews outside of Israel

27. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
Sannygasu
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

28. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Muslims
Nebi'im
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
Sunni

29. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Hinduism
Seance
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
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

30. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahmin
Zhu-Xi
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
It is a law that is not from the Torah

31. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mujtahids
YI
Hinduism

32. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Enlightened One
The Mishnah
Yom Kippur
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

33. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
8 folds
A Ziggurat
Aphrodite
Brahma

34. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Mishna and the Gemara
Holy trinity
Episcapalian
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

35. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hellenists
Paul
Hosea
Hinduism

36. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Paul
Karma
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
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

37. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Brahmanas
Knowledge
The Torah

38. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Mullahs
Karma
The Mishna and the Gemara
Ham (non kosher)

39. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Brahma
Micah
YI
Apologetics

40. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Paul
The Tanakh
Zhu-Xi
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

41. 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
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
World Soul
Creation
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

42. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Hijrah
Paul
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Dharma - artha - and kama.

43. What is an atman?
the soul
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Nebi'im
Elijah

44. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Hadith
Yom Kippur
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Did not persecute non-believers

45. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Mujtahids
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Yom Kippur
A P

46. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Speaking in Tongues
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Amos

47. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Jews outside of Israel
The Mishna and the Gemara
Mercilessness
Artha

48. What two books make up the Talmud?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Ham (non kosher)
Pantheism
Nebi'im

49. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Mullahs
Amos
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Speaking in Tongues

50. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Gautama
Hellenists
Brahman
Baptists