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DSST Introduction to World Religions Practice Test 2
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DSST Introduction to World Religions exam covers topics such as dimensions and approaches to religion; primal religions; Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; Daoism; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Shintoism; Hellenic and Roman traditions; and Scientology.

The DSST Introduction to World Religions exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours

Related Test: DSST Introduction to World Religions Practice Test 1

DSST Introduction to World Religions Practice Test 2
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25 Questions

1. Which of the following describes a way that an anthropologist would study a religion?
2. Jainism developed over dissatisfaction with aspects of
3. Which of the following best describes the Tao?
4. What is the cause of suffering according to Taoism?
5. The basic belief system of Buddhism is the
6. Buddhism differs from Islam in that Buddhism
7. All of the following are offshoots of Islam EXCEPT
8. Which of the following is the belief that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus at the consecration in the Catholic Mass?
9. The division between Sunni and Shi’te Muslims has its origins in
10. The Hindu caste system is documented in which of the following?
11. What are Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs?
12. Dharma is the
13. What insight about life, death, and rebirth did Gautama receive that “enlightened” him about how to live one’s life?
14. Typically, religions have ceremonies honoring which of the following rites of passage?
I. Death
II. Birth
III. Marriage
IV. Puberty
15. An Egyptian visiting Rome would have found worship of which of the following familiar?
16. The Aztec practiced human sacrifice to
17. Why are Catholics baptized?
18. What is the Hindu name for the ultimate reality?
19. Taoism was seen as a complement to, rather than a rival of,
20. The influence of Martin Luther on later Protestant denominations can be seen in their adoption of his doctrine of
21. Which of the following statements best describes Islamists?
22. Which of the following men urged Jews to leave their ghettoes and live within their larger communities in the nineteenth century?
23. Social virtue, or jen, is a basic concept of
24. Paul is important in the history of Christianity because he
25. According to Shinto, which of the following are earthly and heavenly spirits?