Questionaire on Religious Literacy

The following questionaire is from the appendix of the book Religious Literace: What Every American Should Know & Doesn't - By Stephen Prothero – Harper Collins ebooks 2007 Religious Literacy - read it on Scribd

Religious Literacy Quiz

1. Name the four Gospels. List as many as you can.
2. Name a sacred text of Hinduism.
3. What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
4. Where according to the Bible was Jesus born?
5. President George W. Bush spoke in his first inaugural address of
the Jericho road. What Bible story was he invoking?
6. What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament?
7. What is the Golden Rule?
8. “God helps those who help themselves”: Is this in the Bible? If so, where?
9. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God”: Does this appear in the Bible? If so, where?
10. Name the Ten Commandments. List as many as you can.
11. Name the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
12. What are the seven sacraments of Catholicism? List as many as you can.
13. The First Amendment says two things about religion, each in its own “clause.” What are the two religion clauses of the First Amendment?
14. What is Ramadan? In what religion is it celebrated?
15. Match the Bible characters with the stories in which they appear. Draw a line from one to the other. Some characters will be matched with more than one story or vice versa:

1. Adam & Eve, Paul, Jesus, Serpent, Abraham, Moses, Noah

2.Exodus, Binding of Isaac, Parting of the Red Sea, Garden of Eden, Road to Damascus, Olive Branch, Garden of Gethsemane

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