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DSST World Religions2

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1. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Episcapalian
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Mercilessness
Amos

2. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Shraddha are death rites
The Amish
Sunni

3. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Abraham
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Shraddha are death rites
The Mishnah

4. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Jesus was the Messiah
Amos
Jews
Baptists

5. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
The Mishnah
Hajj
Jews
Indra

6. Bhakti Marga is?
Not a goal
Brahmin
The Fisherman
A way of devotion

7. 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 Mishnah
Shih Ching
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

8. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Gautama
Abraham

9. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
The Fisherman
The Tanakh
Elisha
Apologetics

10. What is the holy wanderer called?
A prophet
Sannygasu
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Jesus was the Messiah

11. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Speaking in Tongues
Elisha
Ham (non kosher)
Guards for a dead body

12. What is Jataka?

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13. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Paul
The Jade Emperor
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Pluto was the leader of Hades

14. What is shradah?
Shraddha are death rites
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Zhu-Xi
Guards for a dead body

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

16. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Micah
Apologetics
The Tanakh
Baptists

17. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hijrah
8 folds
Hajj

18. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Sunni
Knowledge
World Soul

19. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Jews outside of Israel
Elisha

20. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmanas
Baptists
Amos
Hijrah

21. The Islamic people are called?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Creation
Muslims
Confucianism

22. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Hosea
Right Penance
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

23. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mercilessness
Mullahs
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

24. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Elijah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Knowledge
The Fisherman

25. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Hades
Karma
Mercilessness
Artha

26. What is the Jewish Bible called?
8 folds
Pantheism
The Tanakh
Sunni

27. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Shinto
Seance
Dharma - artha - and kama.

28. What is a bodhisattva?
Micah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Hadith
Pluto was the leader of Hades

29. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Sufis
The Amish
The Fisherman
Confucianism

30. 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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Not a goal
Sufis
Knowledge

31. True or False- Zealots were passive
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
Diwali
The Mishna and the Gemara
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

32. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Apologetics
Shinto
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
Diwali

33. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
World Soul
Sufis
Micah

34. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Seance
Elisha
The Mishna and the Gemara
Apologetics

35. The Trimurti represents what?
Mullahs
Gautama
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Creation

36. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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37. What is an atman?
Muslims
the soul
Allah
Pluto was the leader of Hades

38. 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
Seance
Elisha
Yom Kippur

39. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Confucianism
Not a goal
The Mishna and the Gemara
Dharma - artha - and kama.

40. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
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
8 folds
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

41. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Hadith
Shih Ching
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Sociology of Religion

42. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hosea
Hadith
Elijah
Amos

43. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Artha
Abraham
Brahmin
The Jade Emperor

44. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Jews
Karma
Not a goal
It is the story of buddha's previous life

45. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Shiva
Hades
The release from the samsara
Creation

46. What is shomerim?
Hades
Guards for a dead body
Muhammad
Sannygasu

47. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The Sociology of Religion
Brahmanas

48. 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
Muhammad
Hadith
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

49. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Brahma
Brahman
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

50. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Abraham
Brahma
Allah
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs