--- title: Vows, oaths and promises in faith — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Religion ethics description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / Vows, oaths and promises in faith # Vows, oaths and promises in faith The 15 questions of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t1/) — Your mate says, "Swearing on your mum's life makes it way more true." What does James 5:12 teach? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t2/) — Toby asks, "Why do they say 'the whole truth' as well as 'the truth'?" What is the best answer? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t3/) — Hannah's friend says, "Quakers don't swear oaths, so they can lie in court." What is wrong? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t4/) — "Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye," says Lily, and then forgets the book. What does this show? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t5/) — Ellie asks, "Do godparents have to keep their promise for ever?" What fits best? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t6/) — The vicar asks, "Should Israel have kept the Gibeonite treaty?" Which answer gives reasons? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t7/) — Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening. What would have been better? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t8/) — A cartoon shows a Brownie who says the promise and then laughs, "It's just words." What is wrong? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t9/) — Lucy asks, "How do Grandma and Grandad keep a promise for fifty years?" What would they likely say? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t10/) — Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred." What is accurate? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t11/) — What would happen if witnesses in court didn't have to tell the truth? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/e1/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the purpose of the oath administered to witnesses in a court of law? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) decline to swear oaths. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/e3/) — Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/e4/) — Ascertain the most honest means of withdrawing from a promise that cannot be fulfilled. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [87. 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