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Question 1. 1.(TCO 1) Belief
in many gods is called:
(Points : 4)

polytheism.

monotheism.

agnosticism.

atheism.

Question 2. 2.(TCO 1) Theology
literally means: (Points : 4)

the
love of wisdom.

the
study of man.

the study of God.

the
study of the soul.

Question 3. 3.(TCO 2) Who was
the German theologian who argued in The Idea of the Holy that religions
emerge when people experience that aspect of reality which is essentially
mysterious? (Points : 4)

William
James

Carl
Gustav Jung

Rudolf Otto

E.B.
Tylor

Question 4. 4.(TCO 4) Who was
the Scottish anthropologist and author of The Golden Bough who saw
the origins of religion in early attempts by human beings to influence nature
and who identified religion as an intermediate stage between magic and
science? (Points : 4)

James Frazer

Rudolf
Otto

William
James

Wilhelm
Schmidt

Question 5. 5.(TCO 4) What is
the name of the Austrian ethnographer and philologist who argued that all
humankind once believed in a single High God and that to this simple monotheism
later beliefs in lesser gods and spirits were added? (Points : 4)

James
Frazer

William
James

Wilhelm Schmidt

Carl
Gustav Jung

Question 6. 6.(TCO 8) One
feature that probably contributed to the rich developments in Hinduism
was which of the following?
(Points : 4)

the
constant invasions of India by foreigners

the
frequent floods and fires across India

India’s isolation from other areas

India’s
extensive natural resources

Question 7. 7.(TCO 8) The
term meaning non-harm or nonviolence is: (Points : 4)

moksha.

guru.

ahimsa.

maya.

Question 8. 8.(TCO 9) In the
Bhagavad Gita, Krishna counsels Arjuna to: (Points : 4)

meditate
to experience moksha.

work
unselfishly for others.

adhere to one’s duty (dharma)
in this
life.

engage
in nonviolent resistance.

Question 9. 9.(TCO 10) The
most accurate descriptor of Jainism is: (Points : 4)

polytheistic.

monotheistic.

atheistic.

nontheistic.

Question 10. 10.(TCO 8)
According to the Buddha, his teachings must be: (Points : 4)

accepted
on faith.

experienced by oneself.

memorized
and chanted.

spread
by missionaries.

Question 11. 11.(TCO 8) The
Buddhist term for sorrow or suffering is: (Points : 4)

dukkha.

tanha.

anatta.

anichcha.

Question 12. 12.(TCO 8) The
Chinese word for “propriety,” savoir faire,
“ritual” is:
(Points : 4)

Ren
(jen).

Wen.

Shu.

Li.

Question 13. 13.(TCO 8)
Confucius thought the most important relationship was: (Points : 4)

ruler-subject.

husband-wife.

father-son.

friend-friend.

Question 14. 14.(TCO 9)
According to the Daoists, if one leaves behind desires for individual
things, one will: (Points : 4)

die.

be
reborn to a better life.

see things differently.

become
nameless.

Question 15. 15.(TCO 9) In
Zhuangzi’s (Chuang Tzu’s) famous dream, he was not certain that he was
not: (Points : 4)

Confucius.

an
ox.

a butterfly.

a
Daoist.

Question 16. 16.(TCO 5) All of
the following minor religions are offshoots of a major world religion
except: (Points : 4)

Baha’i.

Jainism.

Sikhism.

Taoism.

Question 17. 17.(TCO 11) Shinto
is characterized by:
(Points : 4)

respect
for nature and a centralized religious bureaucracy.

love
of beauty but little influence on Japanese art.

love
of beauty but few religious rituals.

respect for nature and many
religious rituals.

Question 18. 18.(TCO 6) Someone
inspired by God to speak for him was called a: (Points : 4)

priest.

rabbi.

prophet.

king.

Question 19. 19.(TCO 6) The
sacred core of the Hebrew Bible is called the: (Points : 4)

Torah.

Talmud.

Writings.

Prophets.

Question 20. 20.(TCO 6) The
Jewish Day of Atonement is:
(Points : 4)

Hanukkah.

Passover.

Purim.

Yom
Kippur.

Question 21. 21.(TCO 7) The
view that God’s imminent divine judgment and the end of the world is near
is: (Points : 4)

messianism.

apocalypticism.

redemption.

schism.

Question 22. 22.(TCO 7) Letters
written in the New Testament to instruct, encourage, and solve problems
are called: (Points : 4)

Gospels.

Epistles.

Acts.

Revelations.

Question 23. 23.(TCO 6)
Muhammad’s job before he became a prophet was as a: (Points : 4)

merchant.

date
grower.

caravan driver.

camel
breeder.

Question 24. 24.(TCO 6) The
month of fasting, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is known as: (Points : 4)

Id
al-Adha.

Kabah.

Ramadan.

Qur’an.

Question 25. 25.(TCO 12) The
Baha’is found a messianic figure in:
(Points : 4)

a
young Persian
aristocrat, Baha’u’llah.

an
Ethiopian king.

a
writer of science fiction.

a
Jamaican farmer.Question
1. 1.(TCO 4) Compare and contrast Carl Gustav Jung’s theory
about the origin of religions with William James’s theory. How do each of
these psychologists view religion (positively or negatively)? Next, analyze how
the insights of Jung or James might illuminate your religious tradition or the
tradition with which you are the most familiar. How would Jung or James
understand that tradition? Use specific examples to support your answer (e.g.,
a specific belief or ritual).
(Points : 50)2.(TCO
9) Identify and analyze the Three Marks of Reality; in particular,
concept of the no-soul doctrine. How do these differ from the Hindu concept of
reality? Include enough details to support your answer.
(Points : 50)3.(TCO
3) Explain and evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument for the
existence of God: The first and
plainest is the method that proceeds from the point of view of motion. It is
certain and in accord with experience, that things on earth undergo change.
Now, everything that is moved is moved by something; nothing, indeed, is
changed, except it is changed to something which it is in potentiality.
Moreover, anything moves in accordance with something actually existing; change
itself, is nothing else than to bring forth something from potentiality into
actuality. Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence
except through something actually existing: thus heat in action, as fire, makes
fire-wood, which is hot in potentiality, to be hot actually, and through this
process, changes itself. The same thing cannot at the same time be actually and
potentially the same thing, but only in regard to different things. What is
actually hot cannot be at the same time potentially hot, but it is possible for
it at the same time to be potentially cold.
It is impossible,
then, that anything should be both mover and the thing moved, in regard to the
same thing and in the same way, or that it should move itself. Everything,
therefore, is moved by something else. If, then, that by which it is moved, is
also moved, this must be moved by something still different, and this, again,
by something else. But this process cannot go on to infinity because there
would not be any first mover, nor, because of this fact, anything else in
motion, as the succeeding things would not move except because of what is moved
by the first mover, just as a stick is not moved except through what is moved
from the hand. Therefore it is necessary to go back to some first mover, which
is itself moved by nothing–and this all men know as God.
Briefly explain and
then evaluate this proof for the existence of God.4.(TCO 11) Identify and analyze three basic patterns in
indigeneous religions. Use examples from African religions to support your
answer.
(Points : 50)

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