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1
Japji means "Conqueror"; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn.
A)True
B)False
2
Sallekhana means "building person"; a member of the youngest Jain sect, which rejects the use of statues and temples.
A)True
B)False
3
Digambara means "clothed in sky"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks do not wear clothing.
A)True
B)False
4
A guru is a spiritual teacher.
A)True
B)False
5
The Punjab is the area of northwest India and eastern Pakistan where Sikhism originated.
A)True
B)False
6
Jiva means matter without soul or life.
A)True
B)False
7
Gurdwara is the most recent tirthankara who is considered to be the greatest of them all and is often thought of by outsiders to be the founder of Jainism.
A)True
B)False
8
Ahimsa is the ideal in Buddhism and Jainism that emphasizes nonharm and nonviolence.
A)True
B)False
9
Mahavira is the founder of Sikhism.
A)True
B)False
10
Khalsa is the community of initiated Sikhs.
A)True
B)False
11
A Digambara is a Sikh temple.
A)True
B)False
12
Puja means "disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion.
A)True
B)False
13
The Adi Granth is the "original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs.
A)True
B)False
14
Adi Granth means "Holy Death"; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end of a long life of virtue and detachment.
A)True
B)False
15
Tirthankara means "crossing maker"; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.
A)True
B)False
16
Ahimsa is a poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs.
A)True
B)False
17
Punjab, in Jainism, means ritual in honor of tirthankara.
A)True
B)False
18
Shvetambara means "clothed in white"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns wear white clothing.
A)True
B)False
19
Jiva means spirit, soul, which enlivens matter.
A)True
B)False
20
Hylozoism is the belief that all physical matter has life and feeling.
A)True
B)False
21
The sword worn by the Sikh Khalsa represents alertness and readiness to fight.
A)True
B)False
22
According to Sikh teaching, the primary guru is the Adi Granth.
A)True
B)False





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