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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a spiritual longing for the redemption of Israel as foretold by the ancient prophets?
(a) Kabbalism.
(b) Sufism.
(c) Safedism.
(d) Enlightenment.

2. The scientific work of Charles Darwin and the writings of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud led to the conclusion that ____________.
(a) The traditional religions were completely inaccurate.
(b) The traditional religions were blasphemous.
(c) The traditional religions were now inadequate.
(d) The traditional religions were correct.

3. Other religious traditions such as the Buddhist tradition insist that the Absolute is ______________.
(a) A separate entity.
(b) An intrinsic part of human nature.
(c) A human being.
(d) Non-existent.

4. The Sufis claimed that they experienced God through ____________.
(a) Prayer.
(b) An intuitive process.
(c) Physical touch.
(d) A rational or metaphysical manner.

5. Thomas Aquinas made a lasting contribution to Western Christianity by trying to synthesize ____________.
(a) Greek and Buddhist philosophy.
(b) Muslim and Greek philosophy.
(c) Augustine and Muslim philosophy.
(d) Augustine and Greek philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the belief in question?

2. In this chapter Karen Armstrong outlines the developments in the nineteenth century which led to ____________.

3. Why were Jews and Muslims able to accept Darwin's theories?

4. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?

5. Who was the German philosopher who propounded the liberal ideas of the Enlightenment and paved the way for Judaism to enter the arena of modern Europe?

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