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Multiple Choice 1.What are the Gathas? A.prayers B.hymns C.gods D.priests 2.Pre-Zoroastrian religion in what would later become Persia included the worship of __________. A.daevas B.divas C.deus D.devos 3.Zoroaster was trained as a __________ and received a revelation from __________. A.warrior; Ahura Mazda B.prophet; spenta mainyu C.priest; vohu mana D.ruler; visthapa 4.Most Zoroastrians outside of India are mostly found living in __________. A.Iran B.Iraq C.India D.Syria 5.The Amesha-Spenta are __________ of Ahura Mazda. A.archangels B.attributes C.names D.enemies True/False 6.A major turning point in the career of Zoroaster came when he converted Alexander the Great to Zoroastrianism. 7.Zoroastrianism teaches that an evil spirit emanates from Ahura Mazda. 8.Zoroastrianism teaches that humans are puppets of spiritual forces beyond their control, and hence their eternal destiny is determined by fate. 9.At traditional Zoroastrian funerals the bodies of the dead are left to be eaten by vultures and wild animals. 10.According to legend, Plato desired to visit Persia to study with Zoroastrian priests but was prevented by the outbreak of war between Greece and Persia.