General Religious Knowledge Test
Based on the religion test by the Pew Research Center poll on religious knowledge.
- 1.Who is the current Vice President of the United States?
- A.
Albert “Al” Gore Jr.
- B.
Spiro T. Agnew
- C.
Joseph “Joe” Biden
- D.
Dan Quayle
- 2.Based on the 2010 election results, that will take effect when Congress convenes in January 2011. What political party will gain at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives?
- A.
Libertarian
- B.
Republican
- C.
Green Party
- D.
Democrat
- 3.True or false: Lasers work by focusing sound waves.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.True or false: antibiotics will kill viruses as well as bacteria.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.What is the name of the series of government programs passed while Franklin D. Roosevelt was President?
- A.
The New Deal
- B.
The Great Society
- C.
Emancipation Proclamation
- D.
Five-year plans
- 6.Which movement did Susan B. Anthony lead?
- A.
Abolitionist Movement
- B.
Women’s suffrage
- C.
Organized Labor
- D.
Temperance Movement
- 7.Who wrote the novel “Moby Dick?”
- A.
Stephen Crane
- B.
Lewis Carroll
- C.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- D.
Herman Melville
- 8.When does the Jewish Sabbath begin (day/time)?
- A.
Friday noon
- B.
Wednesday midnight
- C.
Friday evening
- D.
Monday morning
- 9.What is Ramadan?
- A.
The day of reflection in Sikhism
- B.
The Christian celebration of the risen Christ
- C.
The Islamic month of fasting
- D.
The Hindu festival of the night of Shiva
- 10.The scientific finding that humans and other living things have incrementally changed form over time is called what?
- A.
Omphalos hypothesis
- B.
Abiogenesis
- C.
Evolution
- D.
Photosynthesis
- 11.What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
- A.
The Koran
- B.
The Vedic texts
- C.
The Dhammapada
- D.
The Talmud
- 12.Belief that humans and living things have existed in their present form from the beginning of time and that the age of the Earth is less than 10,000 years?
- A.
Darwinism
- B.
Irreducible Complexity
- C.
Cosmology
- D.
Young Earth Creationism
- 13.What is the name of the king of gods in ancient Greek mythology?
- A.
Zeus
- B.
Mars
- C.
Apollo
- D.
Xenu
- 14.In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures?
- A.
Christianity
- B.
Scientology
- C.
Judaism
- D.
Hinduism
- 15.What is the definition of the word theist?
- A.
Lack of belief in the existence of god, gods and the supernatural
- B.
Belief in the existence of a god, gods and the supernatural
- C.
Unsure of the existence of the supernatural
- D.
Convinced of the knowledge in the existence of the supernatural
- 16.What is the definition of the word atheist?
- A.
Lack of belief in the existence of god, gods and the supernatural
- B.
Belief in the existence of a god, gods and the supernatural
- C.
Unsure of the existence of the supernatural
- D.
Convinced of the knowledge in the existence of the supernatural
- 17.What is the definition of the word agnostic?
- A.
Lack of belief in the existence of god, gods and the supernatural
- B.
Belief in the existence of a god, gods and the supernatural
- C.
Unsure of the existence of the supernatural
- D.
Convinced of the knowledge in the existence of the supernatural
- 18.What is the definition of the word gnostic?
- A.
Lack of belief in the existence of god, gods and the supernatural
- B.
Belief in the existence of a god, gods and the supernatural
- C.
Unsure of the existence of the supernatural
- D.
Convinced of the knowledge in the existence of the supernatural
- 19.What religion aims at nirvana, the state of being free from suffering?
- A.
Sikhism
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Shinto
- D.
Hinduism
- 20.The "Way of the Kami (sacred power)" is reference to what religion, philosophical path or study in Japan?
- A.
Sikhism
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Shinto
- D.
Hinduism
- 21.What is the first book of the Bible?
- A.
Genesis
- B.
Psalms
- C.
Ecclesiastes
- D.
Proverbs
- 22.Can you identify the names of the first four books of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Gospels?
- A.
Thomas
- B.
Matthew
- C.
Acts
- D.
Luke
- E.
Revelation
- F.
Mark
- G.
Paul
- H.
John
- 23.Where, according to the Bible, was Jesus born?
- A.
Jerusalem
- B.
Golgotha
- C.
Bethlehem
- D.
Nazareth
- 24.Who’s wife, according to the Bible, was turned into a pillar of salt?
- A.
Lot’s wife
- B.
Moses’ wife
- C.
Abraham’s wife
- D.
Jacob’s wife
- 25.When and where was the Mormon religion founded?
- A.
Northumbria, 627
- B.
New York, 1820’s
- C.
Bavaria, 1266
- D.
Paris, 1534
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