Episode 125 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 125: The Zoroastrian Bundahisn. See what you remember about creation epic of Zoroastrianism by clicking “START” below!

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Zoroastrians saw the physical world as divided into:

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The Bundahisn ends with passages that celebrate:

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Scholars commonly date the Old Avestan Zoroastrian scriptures (the religion’s oldest sacred writings) to:

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In addition to being a creation narrative, the Bundahisn is also:

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Among the numerous creation stories we’ve read in L&H, we observed that the Bundahisn has a unique feature. This unique feature is:

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What was the Zoroastrian priesthood’s relationship with the Sasanian monarchy like?

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Zoroastrians call the material world the Gumezisn, meaning:

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Ohrmazd and Ahriman both create six Amahraspands or Spentas, which can be translated as:

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Which of the following is NOT a Zoroastrian idea?

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The word Bundahisn means:

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In Zoroastrian writings on the end of days, humanity will be purified by:

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How long is Zoroastrian cosmic time – in other words, the time during which good and evil clash with one another?

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In addition to the world, when the deity Ohrmazd began his great war with Ahriman, Ohrmazd also created:

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This signature emblem of Zoroastrianism, a pair of outstretched wings and tailfeathers crowned with a bearded figure shown in profile, symbolizes the preexisting essence of each human, together with ancestor spirits.

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The Bundahisn was written roughly during:

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