Quiz: Religious Studies Trivia Quiz #1

Quiz created: 2000-02-21

Religious Studies Trivia Quiz #1

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1. The Chinese monk Xuan Zang is famed for his quest for Buddhist scriptures, which is chronicled in what famous novel?

Journey to the West
Dream of the Red Chamber
The Scholars
Tale of Ah-Q
Water Margin
No Answer

2. The Mexican wind god Ehecatl is a manifestation of which other figure in the ancient Mesoamerican pantheon?

Moteuctzoma Coatlicue Xipe Totec Quetzalcoatl
La Llorada No Answer

3. A famous pilgrimage route of late Medieval Europe stretched from Romacadour in France to what city in Spain?

Madrid
Seville
Santiago de Compastela
Granada
Santander
No Answer

4. The first apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the peasant Juan Diego took place on a little hill near Mexico city where the famous shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands today. What is the name of the hill?

Taxco Tepeyac Popocatepetl Ixtaccihuatl
Monte Alban No Answer

5. The famous "running of the bulls" in Spain is associated with the feast day of what saint?

6. The proverb, "Where three walk together, one must be my teacher" is associated with what tradition?

7. The Chinese art of locating graves and buildings, and sometimes even furniture, in a way that is in accord with the flow of positive forces over the world is called what?

feretory geomancy lion dance apostasy
astrology No Answer

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