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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Baruch Spinoza.
(b) Max Bruch.
(c) Moses Mendolssohn.
(d) Oskar Schindler.

2. Why is a personal God necessary?
(a) As a stage of moral development in enshrining the values of society and thus conformance to its mores.
(b) Mankind is only interested in those like oneself.
(c) Mankind does not like to be alone.
(d) Humanity needs a divine companion.

3. In Europe, scientists such as _______________, published their own theories as to the meaning and role of God in modern life, while, in England, the physicist Isaac Newton extended his opus magnus "Philosophiae Natruralis Principia" to prove God's existence.
(a) Jacques Pascal and Renee Descartes.
(b) Jacques Pascal and Rene Magritte.
(c) Blaise Pascal and Rene Magritte.
(d) Blaise Pascal and Renee Descartes.

4. The greatest example of the coming scientific revolution was ____________.
(a) Da Vinci's study of the human body.
(b) Galileo's telescope and his profound insight into the meaning of the earth's place in the universe.
(c) Newton's Law of Gravity.
(d) Da Vinci's study of flight.

5. The history of the emergence of the Judaic scriptures can be interpreted as ____________.
(a) The refinement and later abandonment of the tribal and personalized Yahweh.
(b) The refinement and later acceptance of the tribal and personalized Yahweh.
(c) The refinement and later acceptance of the transpersonal Yahweh.
(d) The refinement and later abandonment of the transpersonal Yahweh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?

2. What question is asked but not answered at the end of this book?

3. The medieval forms of religion erupted into fragmented sects and belief systems, led by such reformers as ____________.

4. The Safavids rose up in Iran, and the Moghul Empire emerged ____________.

5. Was the idea of a personal God developed by all three of the monotheistic religions?

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