Nick Kristof Does It Again

Here is my cheater-version of the brilliant quiz that Nick Kristof wrote for us in his recent NYT Op-Ed column:

Q1. Which holy book stipulates that a girl who does not bleed on her wedding night should be stoned to death?
a. Koran
b. Old Testament
c. (Hindu) Upanishads

A1. b. Deuteronomy 22:21.

Q2. Which holy text declares: “Let there be no compulsion in religion”?
a. Koran
b. Gospel of Matthew
c. Letter of Paul to the Romans

A2. a. Koran, 2:256. But other sections of the Koran do describe coercion.

Q3. The terrorists who pioneered the suicide vest in modern times, and the use of women in terror attacks, were affiliated with which major religion?
a. Islam
b. Christianity
c. Hinduism

A3. c. Most early suicide bombings were by Tamil Hindus (some secular) in Sri Lanka and India.

Q4. "Every child is touched by the devil as soon as he is born and this contact makes him cry. Excepted are Mary and her Son.” This verse is from:
a. Letters of Paul to the Corinthians
b. The Book of Revelation
c. An Islamic hadith, or religious tale

A4. c. Hadith. Islam teaches that Jesus was a prophet to be revered.

Q5. Which holy text is sympathetic to slavery?
a. Old Testament
b. New Testament
c. Koran

A5. All of the above.

Q6. In the New Testament, Jesus’ views of homosexuality are:
a. strongly condemnatory
b. forgiving
c. never mentioned

A6. c. Other parts of the New and Old Testaments object to homosexuality, but there’s no indication of Jesus’ views.

Q7. Which holy text urges responding to evil with kindness, saying: “repel the evil deed with one which is better.”
a. Gospel of Luke
b. Book of Isaiah
c. Koran

A7. c. Koran, 41:34. Jesus says much the same thing in different words.

Q8. Which religious figure preaches tolerance by suggesting that God looks after all peoples and leads them all to their promised lands?
a. Muhammad
b. Amos
c. Jesus

A8. b. Amos 9:7

Q9. Which of these religious leaders was a polygamist?
a. Jacob
b. King David
c. Muhammad

A9. all of them

Q10. What characterizes Muhammad’s behavior toward the Jews of his time?
a. He killed them.
b. He married one.
c. He praised them as a chosen people.

A10. all of these. Muhammad’s Jewish wife was seized in battle, which undermines the spirit of the gesture. By some accounts he had a second Jewish wife as well.

Q11. Which holy scripture urges that the "little ones" of the enemy be dashed against the stones?
a. Book of Psalms
b. Koran
c. Leviticus

A11. a. Psalm 137

Q12. Which holy scripture suggests beating wives who misbehave?
a. Koran
b. Letters of Paul to the Corinthians
c. Book of Judges

A12. a. Koran 4:34

Q13. Which religious leader is quoted as commanding women to be silent during services?
a. The first Dalai Lama
b. St. Paul
c. Muhammad

A13. b. St. Paul, both in 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2, but many scholars believe that neither section was actually written by Paul.