You answered 0 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 0%.

Question Your Response Correct Answer % of survey respondents answering correctly
1. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt? wrong Answer Not Answered Moses 72%
2. What was Mother Teresa's religion? wrong Answer Not Answered Catholic 82
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Ten Commandments? wrong Answer Not Answered Do unto others as you would have them do unto you 55
4. When does the Jewish Sabbath begin? wrong Answer Not Answered Friday 45
5. Is Ramadan…? wrong Answer Not Answered The Islamic holy month 52
6. Which of the following best describes the Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion? wrong Answer Not Answered The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. 40
7. In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures? wrong Answer Not Answered Hinduism 38
8. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with remaining obedient to God despite suffering? wrong Answer Not Answered Job 39
9. What was Joseph Smith's religion? wrong Answer Not Answered Mormon 51
10. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not? wrong Answer Not Answered No, not permitted 89
11. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to read from the Bible as an example of literature, or not? wrong Answer Not Answered Yes, permitted 23
12. What religion do most people in Pakistan consider themselves? wrong Answer Not Answered Muslim 68
13. What was the name of the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation? wrong Answer Not Answered Martin Luther 46
14. Which of these religions aims at nirvana, the state of being free from suffering? wrong Answer Not Answered Buddhism 36
15. Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening? wrong Answer Not Answered Jonathan Edwards 11

This online quiz includes 15 of the 32 religious knowledge questions that made up the telephone survey. The order and context of the questions are not exactly the same in the online quiz and telephone survey. To ease the administration of the online quiz, the wording of some questions is slightly different from the wording used in the telephone survey. For the questions used in the telephone survey, see the survey questionnaire.

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Religious groups

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Worship service attendance

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Gender

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Education level

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Here's how you did, question by question, compared to the % of people of different religious groups who answered each question correctly.

Question
1. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt?
  • Job
  • Elijah
  • Moses
  • Abraham
wrong Answer 72 80 68 73 71 48 92 90 87 67    
2. What was Mother Teresa's religion?
  • Catholic
  • Jewish
  • Buddhist
  • Mormon
  • Hindu
wrong Answer 82 86 83 66 88 83 89 84 89 77    
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Ten Commandments?
  • Do not commit adultery
  • Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
  • Do not steal
  • Keep the Sabbath holy
wrong Answer 55 67 49 49 63 45 81 62 62 46    
4. When does the Jewish Sabbath begin?
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
wrong Answer 45 47 41 43 48 33 55 94 56 45    
5. Is Ramadan…?
  • The Hindu festival of lights
  • A Jewish day of atonement
  • The Islamic holy month
wrong Answer 52 51 53 39 55 36 51 90 75 52    
6. Which of the following best describes the Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion?
  • The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
  • The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
wrong Answer 40 40 36 25 59 47 40 33 41 30    
7. In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures?
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Taoism
wrong Answer 38 31 40 23 34 23 48 62 72 48    
8. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with remaining obedient to God despite suffering?
  • Job
  • Elijah
  • Moses
  • Abraham
wrong Answer 39 58 34 51 26 19 70 47 42 27    
9. What was Joseph Smith's religion?
  • Catholic
  • Jewish
  • Buddhist
  • Mormon
  • Hindu
wrong Answer 51 64 55 25 53 25 93 68 71 45    
10. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not?
  • Yes, permitted
  • No, not permitted
wrong Answer 89 93 90 83 91 83 89 91 95 87    
11. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to read from the Bible as an example of literature, or not?
  • Yes, permitted
  • No, not permitted
wrong Answer 23 26 21 16 18 16 25 42 40 25    
12. What religion do most people in Pakistan consider themselves?
  • Buddhist
  • Hindu
  • Muslim
  • Christian
wrong Answer 68 69 63 61 68 55 75 84 89 72    
13. What was the name of the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation?
  • Martin Luther
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • John Wesley
wrong Answer 46 52 46 40 47 34 61 70 68 37    
14. Which of these religions aims at nirvana, the state of being free from suffering?
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
wrong Answer 36 29 36 21 39 27 37 49 62 46    
15. Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening?
  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Charles Finney
  • Billy Graham
wrong Answer 11 15 10 10 7 10 10 12 8 10    
 

This online quiz includes 15 of the 32 religious knowledge questions that made up the telephone survey. The order and context of the questions are not exactly the same in the online quiz and telephone survey. To ease the administration of the online quiz, the wording of some questions is slightly different from the wording used in the telephone survey. For the questions used in the telephone survey, see the survey questionnaire.

Your responses on the quiz do NOT affect the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey's results.