[Vision2020] Another Quiz on Religion

[Ron Force]

October 9, 2010
Test Your Savvy on Religion
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Time for a pop quiz. 
The New York Times reported recently on a Pew Research Center poll in which 
religious people turned out to be remarkably uninformed about  religion. Almost 
half of Catholics didn’t understand Communion. Most  Protestants didn’t know 
that Martin Luther started the Reformation.  Almost half of Jews didn’t realize 
Maimonides was Jewish. And atheists  were among the best informed about 
religion. 

So let me give everybody another chance. And given the uproar about  Islam, I’ll 
focus on extremism and fundamentalism  — and, as you’ll see,  there’s a larger 
point to this quiz. Note that some questions have more  than one correct choice; 
answers are at the end. 

1. Which holy book stipulates that a girl who does not bleed on her wedding 
night should be stoned to death? 

a. Koran 
b. Old Testament 
c. (Hindu) Upanishads 
2. Which holy text declares: “Let there be no compulsion in religion”? 
a. Koran 
b. Gospel of Matthew 
c. Letter of Paul to the Romans 
3. The terrorists who pioneered the suicide vest in modern times, and  the use 
of women in terror attacks, were affiliated with which major  religion? 

a. Islam 
b. Christianity 
c. Hinduism 
4. "Every child is touched by the devil as soon as he is born and this  contact 
makes him cry. Excepted are Mary and her Son.” This verse is  from: 

a. Letters of Paul to the Corinthians 
b. The Book of Revelation 
c. An Islamic hadith, or religious tale 
5. Which holy text is sympathetic to slavery? 
a. Old Testament 
b. New Testament 
c. Koran 
6. In the New Testament, Jesus’ views of homosexuality are: 
a. strongly condemnatory 
b. forgiving 
c. never mentioned 
7. Which holy text urges responding to evil with kindness, saying: “repel the 
evil deed with one which is better.” 

a. Gospel of Luke 
b. Book of Isaiah 
c. Koran 
8. Which religious figure preaches tolerance by suggesting that God  looks after 
all peoples and leads them all to their promised lands? 

a. Muhammad 
b. Amos 
c. Jesus 
9. Which of these religious leaders was a polygamist? 
a. Jacob 
b. King David 
c. Muhammad 
10. What characterizes Muhammad’s behavior toward the Jews of his time? 
a. He killed them. 
b. He married one. 
c. He praised them as a chosen people. 
11. Which holy scripture urges that the "little ones" of the enemy be dashed 
against the stones? 

a. Book of Psalms 
b. Koran 
c. Leviticus 
12. Which holy scripture suggests beating wives who misbehave? 
a. Koran 
b. Letters of Paul to the Corinthians 
c. Book of Judges 
13. Which religious leader is quoted as commanding women to be silent during 
services? 

a. The first Dalai Lama 
b. St. Paul 
c. Muhammad 


      
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