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The Pope is the head of which of the following Christian denominations?
The Methodist Church
The Presbyterian Church
The Protestant Church
The Catholic Church
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The Hindus of the Shaivite sect regard which being as the supreme god?
Shiva
Vishnu
Khali
Rhamput
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Which of the following figures was the Roman god of the underworld?
Pluto
Hermes
Uranus
Mercury
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Which of the following religions was founded on the teachings of Lao-tzu?
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
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Ramadan, the Muslim holy period of fasting, spans which month of the Muslim calendar?
The 1st
The 3rd
The 6th
The 9th
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Which of the following major religions is the only one native to the nation of Japan?
Taoism
Buddhism
Shintoism
Hinduism
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What is the name of the sun god of Egyptian myth?
Iris
Ra
Osiris
Nordir
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In Norse mythology, the end of the world (Ragnarok) would be preceded by what event which was a winter to end all life?
Fenrir
Mjolnir
Mokiron
Fimbulvetr
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Part of the Taoist tradition involves a practice called Wu Wei. What does Wu Wei mean?
Feeling without feelings
Action without acting
Thinking without knowing
Fighting without combat
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Which of the following individuals was NOT one of the twelve apostles of Christ in Christian tradition?
Andrew
Simon
Barabbas
Nathaniel
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What religion was founded by the prophet Muhammad?
Buddhism
Islam
Hunduism
Judaism
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One of the primary gods of the Ancient Aztecs was a deity called Quetzalcoatl. What animal was Quetzalcoatl's form like?
A snail
An eagle
A snake
An alligator
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The caste system is a structure of social hierarchy mostly propagated by which religion?
Christianity
Taosim
Hinduism
Judaism
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A wicker man was a barbaric form of human sacrifice that was allegedly practiced by early believers of what spiritual tradition?
Druidism
Confucianism
Spectralism
Euroneism
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Which individual is credited with founding Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Kenshu Bei
Monjesh Dupol
Kopir Remostir
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A common practice of Islam is to pray multiple times a day facing what holy city?
Kabul
Mecca
Baghdad
Damascus
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The folklore of the Shawnee people and multiple other Native American tribes believed that human creation was at the hand of which of the following beings?
Aten
Cthulhu
The Great Spirit
Father Sky
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Which of the following religions is polytheistic?
Islam
Judaism
Shintoism
Christianity
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The Bantu people worship a deity that is considered the common ancestor of all and is called what?
Sun
Kanbei
Robi
Bashal
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The phrase "Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword." was originally recorded in which religion's holy text?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Taoism
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According to Norse mythology, how many worlds were there in the mystical universe?
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
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In Greek mythology, what is the name of the river of the dead that forms the boundary between the Earth and the Underworld?
Pisces
Hermes
Dante
Styx
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Which of the following religions doesn't base the origins of the world in the tale of the book of Genesis?
Christianity
Hinduism
Judaism
Islam
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In order to achieve Nirvana, Buddhists teach to follow which path?
The Fivefold Path
The Sixfold Path
The Eightfold Path
The Tenfold Path
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Which of the following is not a book of the Torah?
Ecclesiastes
Numbers
Exodus
Deutornomy
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What deity is the chief god of the Norse mythology?
Thor
Odin
Loki
Valkyrie
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What was the name of the religion of Ancient Persia which worshiped the sun god Mithra?
Messapraism
Zoroastrianism
Costoforianism
Machiavellianism
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Which of the following religions doesn't believe in reincarnation?
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
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Another title for Hinduism is Sanatana Dharma, which means which of the following?
Path of truth
The eternal tradition
Wide-reaching laws
Cause of Virtue
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The Tripitaka is a sacred text of which religion?
Sikhism
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
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The Parthenon was a temple built to venerate the Greek gods and was located in what city?
Athens
Corrinth
Argos
Megara
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What is the name of the Egyptian god of war and hunting who had the physical characteristics of a falcon?
Ra
Anubis
Isis
Horus
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In Buddhist tradition, which of the following terms means a person who has reached Nirvana but is not quite a Buddha?
Fa-Regin
Dha-Meshila
Goribus
Boddhisatva
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