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A quiz on Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
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1
_______ is widely regarded as the first Muslim convert.
Abu Bakr
Abu Talib
Ali
Khadijah
2
The __________ destroyed the Jewish Temple around AD 70.
Romans
Babylonians
Seleucids
Zealots
3
__________ led the movement to produce an authoritative, final version of the Qur'an.
Muhammad
Uthman
Abu Bakr
Umar
4
______, a German priest, sparked the Protestant Reformation in October 31, 1517.
John Calvin
Jan Hus
Martin Luther
Ulrich Zwingli
5
The Greek translation of the TNK, used as the basis for the Christian Old Testament, is _____.
Nevi'im
Torah
Pentateuch
Septuagint
6
________ founded the Methodist denomination in Christianity.
John the Baptist
John Calvin
John Wesley
Jan Hus
7
The leader of a church founded by Paul in his absence was the _______.
diakonos
episkopos
presbyteros
patriarch
8
The Council of _________ was the first to assert the divinity of Christ.
Chalcedon
Nicea
Ephesus
Constantinople
9
Most of the books of the New Testatment are ______.
revelation
gospels
epistles
history
10
There are 114 chapters in the ______.
hadith
Qur'an
gospels
Tanak
11
The Jewish scriptures were canonized at the Council of ______.
Jamnia
Rome
Jerusalem
Constantinople
12
__ is regarded as a cofounder of Christianity because of his spreading of the Christian message
Paul
Constantine
Athanasius
Stephen
13
In Islam, _____ is most accurately known as the personal struggle to live virtuously daily.
Jihad
Shariah
Hadith
Salah
14
______ authored (probably at most) 7 different books of the New Testament.
John
Peter
Paul
Matthew
15
_____ is the term for any writing rejected from the collection of a religion's sacred scripture
Synoptic
Canon
Apocrypha
Deuterocanon
16
Jews & Christians trace their physical & spiritual lineage back to what common person?
Isaac
Hagar
Ishmael
Muhammad
17
_______ is the newest branch of Judaism.
Reform
Orthodox
Reconstructionist
Conservative
18
Shiite Muslims stipulate _____ should have immediately succeeded Muhammad.
Abu Bakr
Uthman
Ali
Umar
19
The _______ is the doorpost requirement from Deuteronomy 6.
tefillin
talit
yarmulke
mezzuzah
20
The _____________ legalized Christianity in the Roman empire.
Edict of Milan
Edict of Thessalonica
Acts of Supremacy
Council of Nicea
21
The most important of the Five Pillars is the ______.
shahadah
hajj
zakat
salah
22
The holiest site of Islam is where the __________ is located.
Kaba
first mosque
Dome of the Rock
hegira
23
The sacred core of the Hebrew Bible is the _________.
Tanak
Nevi'im
Ketuvim
Torah
24
The _____ is the pilgrimage to Mecca.
halakah
hegira
hajj
hijab
25
The "K" of the TNK, which includes Psalms and Job, stands for ______.
Kabbalah
Koran
Ketuvim
Kadimah
26
Later rabbinic interpretation of the original laws in Judaism is referred to as the _______.
Tanak
Mitzvah
Torah
Talmud
27
Jews, Christians and Muslims are all united by the historical figure _______.
Abraham
Muhammad
Jesus
Moses
28
________ is regarded as a holy city of Islam because of the isra.
Baghdad
Medina
Jerusalem
Mecca
29
The holiest day of the year for Jews is ______.
Hanukkah
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Passover
30
______ is the largest group of Christians in the world.
Catholics
Orthodox
Baptists
Protestants
31
According to Sunnis, _________ is the immediate successor to Muhammad.
Abu Talib
Abu Bakr
Abdul Muttalib
Ali
32
The _____ is the monotheistic declaration for Judaism (it stems from Deuteronomy 6).
Shahadah
Zophar
Shema
Shariah
33
Muslims turn to the _____ to learn more about the life of Muhammad.
Qur'an
hadith
sunna
shahadah
34
The first king of Israel was __________.
Saul
Solomon
Samuel
David
35
The most traditional form of Judaism is the ______ branch.
Reform
Conservative
Reconstructionist
Orthodox
36
________ was the first person to list all of the current books that make up the New Testament.
Arius
Constantine
Athansius
Apollarius
37
The ______ are collectively known as the duties and beliefs of all Muslims.
Five Pillars
Qur'an
Hadith
Sunna
38
The first book written in the New Testament was most likely _______.
1 Thessalonians
the Acts of the Apostles
1 Corinthians
the gospel of Matthew
39
The basic definition of a Muslim is one who publicly & wholeheartedly accepts the _______.
imam
shahadah
jihad
caliph
40
Jewish history is typically divided into two major sections: biblical & _____.
torah
patriarchal
primeval
rabbinical