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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Jewish view of the God-man relationship?
(a) Man is the creator of God who in turn created the world.
(b) Man is subject to temptation but God yearns for his soul.
(c) God is only as eternal as long as man lives.
(d) God will not see the evil in man, his creation.

2. What two things became most important after Rome destroyed the temple in Jerusalem?
(a) The taxes and the Exodus
(b) The Rabbi and the synagogue
(c) The traditions and the resistence
(d) The dispersion and Roman citizenship

3. What was a major contribution of Muslim scholars?
(a) Keeping learning alive during the Dark Ages
(b) Translating the Bible
(c) Archeological discoveries
(d) Developing the scientific method

4. Where did Muhammad make his most converts early on?
(a) In Jerusalem
(b) In Medina
(c) In Cairo
(d) In Mecca

5. What are hadiths?
(a) Islamic headwear
(b) Things that have to be done
(c) Sayings of the Prophet
(d) Things forbidden

6. How does an Andean view the landscape?
(a) As proof there is no superior being
(b) As a reflection of a superior reality
(c) As just a landscape
(d) As a problem that must be solved

7. What passion within the Jewish people did their conquest inspire?
(a) The passion for money
(b) The passion for history
(c) The passion for war
(d) The passion for freedom

8. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?
(a) To heal humanity
(b) To lead the Jews into world power
(c) To destroy other relitions
(d) To fight crime and slavery

9. How can the gods of cultures other than the Jewish people be described?
(a) Immoral, indifferent and capricious
(b) Idealstic, ethereal, and silent
(c) Loving, gracious, and kind
(d) Personal, effective, and powerful

10. What was the argument for the existence of the church?
(a) It was needed for its political clout.
(b) It was needed to replace temples of idolatry.
(c) It was needed to show its spiritual beginnings.
(d) It was needed to interpret scripture.

11. What are the three main tenets of Christianity?
(a) Faith, Hope, and Charity
(b) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
(c) Water, Word, and Wonders
(d) Incarnation, the Atonement, and the Holy Trinity

12. What revelation about God was made known through the Exodus?
(a) God's changeableness
(b) God's face and form
(c) God's power and love
(d) God's capriciousness

13. What was the scratched drawing that came to identify Christians with the Good News?
(a) The ankh
(b) The sign of the fish
(c) The star of David
(d) The eye of God

14. Why does Huston Smith say attempts to unite Protestantism have failed?
(a) Because people gave up too quickly
(b) Because no one tried to do it
(c) Because of reluctance to let go of certain tenets
(d) Because people like change

15. How have Taoism and Confucianism affected the Chinese culture?
(a) The combination has diffused the culture.
(b) Their similarities have complicated the culture.
(c) The combination has enriched the culture.
(d) Their competition has confused the culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Huston Smith say is the daunting task as the world grows smaller?

2. What is the main thing gleaned from reading the Tao Te Ching?

3. What was the groundwork Judaism laid because of its view of history?

4. How does the primal religion differentiate between place and space?

5. What three major world religions come from Abraham?

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