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Question 1
When do Roman Catholics believe the soul enters the human body?
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Before the mother gets pregnant
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During conception
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When the fetus's heart fully develops
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At birth
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After a rite in which children become members of
the Catholic Church
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Which of the following is an example of transmigration?
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A dead person's soul enters heaven.
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A dead person's soul is reborn as an infant.
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A dead person's soul hovers over his or her
family.
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A dead person's soul goes to hell.
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A dead person's soul is reborn as a tiger.
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Question 3
Why do the Yup'ik collect all of the bladders of the seals hunted during the year and throw
them into the water?
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To prevent the seals' souls from harming humans
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To allow the seals' souls to be reborn
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Question 4
To feed the souls of community members who
died at sea
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To prevent the souls of the hunters from being
reborn as seals
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To stop the spread of disease through seal
bladder
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Hindus believe that Samsara is
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good karma.
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the god of rebirth.
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the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
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matter.
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a form of reincarnation that involves doing good
acts.
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How does Buddhism differ from Hinduism?
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It does not believe in rebirth.
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It does not place emphasis on karma.
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It does not believe in an immortal soul.
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It does not believe in a human personality.
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What do the Beng of West Africa believe happens to human souls after death?
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They go to a place much like Earth.
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They are reincarnated as a person in another village.
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They become advisors to their family members, visiting
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them only in their dreams.
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They stay with the family in the form of a newborn baby
who takes on the personality of the deceased.
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They go to a spirit village, are reborn as a human baby,
and continue to live as an ancestor.
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Ancestors, page 169
How do many Japanese view the deceased before they become ancestor spirits?
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As the source of all illnesses
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As impure spirits who hover between the living and the
dead for seven years
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respect
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As benevolent souls who hover around the family
awaiting permanent ancestor status
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As mischievous spirits who may play harmless tricks on
family members
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With which people are zombies most closely originated?
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Romanians
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The Vikings
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Transylvanians
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Haitians
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The Japanese
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Question 9
What ingredient did Wade Davis purport to have found in a powder thought to be given to
humans who then awakened as zombies?
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Bone shavings
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Human blood
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Puffer fish
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Cow tongue
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Rat poison
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Where were over 400 skeletons of slaves found in 1991?
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London
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Perth
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Cairo
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Indonesia
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New York City
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