Pop Quiz

1. Name the four Gospels.

2. Name the four Noble Truths of Buddhism.

3. What is the name of the holy book of Islam?

4. What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament?

5. “God helps those who help themselves.” Is this in the Bible? If so, where?

6. President George W. Bush spoke in his first inaugural address of the Jericho road. What Bible story was he invoking?

7. What are the Seven Sacraments of Catholicism. List as many as you can.

Answers: 1. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 2. Life is suffering; suffering has an origin; suffering can be overcome (nirvana); the path to overcoming suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path. 3. The Quran. 4. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. 5. No, this is not in the Bible. The words are Ben Franklin’s, and he most likely got them from Aesop. 6. The story of the Good Samaritan. 7. Baptism; Eucharist-Mass; reconciliation/confession/penance; confirmation; marriage; holy orders; anointing of the sick-last rites.