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Quiz about The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins 2

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins - 2 Quiz

The great biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins takes on the Almighty in the book "The God Delusion". Here are ten more multiple choice questions from that book.

A multiple-choice quiz by oofahlandian. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
oofahlandian

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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250,882

Updated
Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. We all know that male martyrs of Islam are rewarded with 72 virgins in the afterlife. But are we correct? Dawkins quotes Ibn Warraq, who claims this was a mistranslation of the early Koran. According to Warraq, what does the martyr receive 72 of? Hint

White raisins of crystal clarity

Swords of great power

Young women

Goats

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Question 2 of 10

2. What percentage of scientists elected to the National Academy of Scientists by their peers believe in a "personal god" according to a 1998 study? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or false: physicists are more likely to be atheists than biologists.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Dawkins notes a US Supreme Court ruling that allows a church in New Mexico to forego a federal law against what? Hint

The slaughtering of animals for religious purposes

An otherwise illegal hallucinogenic drug

Polygomy

Some forms of incest

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Question 5 of 10

5. What journalist's scathing response to the Muslim unrest about the Danish Mohammed cartoons was, "if any of you clowns are right about anything, the cartoonists are going to hell anyway -- won't that do? In the meantime, if you want to get excited about affronts to Muslims, read the Amnesty International report on Syria and Saudi Arabia"? Hint

Sir Iqbal Sacranie

Salman Rushdie

Dr. Zaki Dadawi

Andrew Mueller

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Question 6 of 10

6. H.L. Mencken said "We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is __________ and his children __________." Fill in the blanks. Hint

Lovely / Cute

Beautiful / Smart

Attractive / Geniuses

Adoring / Angels

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Question 7 of 10

7. What national leader's son had remained ignorant of religion until reading the Bible on a bet, only to conclude that the God of the Bible was, to put it mildly, pretty nasty. Hint

Harry Truman

Winston Churchill

Mahatma Gandhi

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to Dawkins, how would the founding fathers feel if they were permitted to witness the "religious fanaticism" of the present-day United States? Hint

inspired

satisfied

horrified

concerned

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Question 9 of 10

9. Alister McGrath wrote a book challenging Dawkins's ideas. What was the title? Hint

"Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes and the Origin of Life"

"Dawkins and the Modern Secularists"

"The Blind Watchmaker"

"The Secular Religion of Richard Dawkins"

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Question 10 of 10

10. According to Dawkins, "miracles, by definition, ______ the principles of science." Select the missing word. Hint

prove

reconcile

disprove

violate

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: White raisins of crystal clarity

While it is unclear whether so many would be willing to die for 72 white raisins of crystal clarity, Warraq makes just such a case in his aptly titled book "Virgins? What Virgins?"

2. What percentage of scientists elected to the National Academy of Scientists by their peers believe in a "personal god" according to a 1998 study?

Answer: 7

Of those less eminent scientists not elected to the National Academy of Scientists, the rate of believers is about 40%.

3. True or false: physicists are more likely to be atheists than biologists.

Answer: false

Dawkins describes it as "a small but significant tendency for biological scientists to be ... more atheistic than physical scientists." One can imagine that such a difference can be attributed to work in evolutionary fields.

4. Dawkins notes a US Supreme Court ruling that allows a church in New Mexico to forego a federal law against what?

Answer: An otherwise illegal hallucinogenic drug

Because they "believe" the drug brings them closer to God, they are allowed special treatment under the law. Dawkins chillingly contrasts this with actual evidence that marijuana relieves the discomfort of many seriously ill patients, but the Supreme Court ruled that those who use marijuana for this purpose are vulnerable to prosecution.

Answer: Andrew Mueller

Mueller is a journalist who interviewed a leading British Muslim Sir Iqbal Sacranie, who at one time spoke of Salmon Rushie, author of "The Satanic Verses", suggesting that "death is perhaps too easy for him."

Answer: Beautiful / Smart

Henry Louis Mencken was a journalist and social critic known as the "Sage of Baltimore".

7. What national leader's son had remained ignorant of religion until reading the Bible on a bet, only to conclude that the God of the Bible was, to put it mildly, pretty nasty.

Answer: Winston Churchill

He harrassed those who made the bet with him, telling them repeatedly that he bet they didn't know that this or that was in the Bible.

8. According to Dawkins, how would the founding fathers feel if they were permitted to witness the "religious fanaticism" of the present-day United States?

Answer: horrified

Their secularism would have caused such things as the public display of the ten commandments on government property to drive them mad according to Dawkins.

9. Alister McGrath wrote a book challenging Dawkins's ideas. What was the title?

Answer: "Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes and the Origin of Life"

Dawkins sums up the only valid rebuttal by McGrath to Dawkins' own works with the words "the undeniable but ignominiously weak point that you cannot disprove the existence of God." This caused Dawkins to scribble endlessly in the margins of the book references to Bertrand Russell's teapot analogy.

10. According to Dawkins, "miracles, by definition, ______ the principles of science." Select the missing word.

Answer: violate

Dawkins says, "I suspect that alleged miracles provide the strongest reason many believers have for their faith."

Source: Author oofahlandian

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