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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Islam, what is the responsibility of the husband of more than one wife?
(a) That the first wife picks out the second
(b) That he keep them in separate houses
(c) That he treat each equally
(d) That he favor the one who bears sons

2. According to the Koran, what marks the beginnings of Islam?
(a) A war between Mecca and Jerusalem
(b) Muhammad descending from Ishmael
(c) Ishmael becoming a prophet of Allah
(d) The angel appearing to Haggar

3. Simply put, what is the Protestant Principle?
(a) A warning against idolatry
(b) A special construction of church buildings
(c) A creed to memorize
(d) An emphasis on mission work

4. What is the main thing gleaned from reading the Tao Te Ching?
(a) The idea that it cannot be understood
(b) The idea that the Tao is within us
(c) The idea that Tao is earth, wind, and fire
(d) The idea that Tao is of the universe only

5. What is the totem?
(a) An idol for offering sacrifices
(b) A tribal village name
(c) A heavy burden that the tribe must bear
(d) An animal species which comes to symbolize a life force

6. What was the groundwork Judaism laid because of its view of history?
(a) The justification of totalitarianism
(b) The eventual use of social protest
(c) The need for higher education
(d) The basis for slavery

7. What practice does the Eastern church encourage more so than the Roman church?
(a) Establishing religious orders
(b) Marriage as a sacrement
(c) Mysticism
(d) Venerating the Virgin

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

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

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

11. With what were the minor, or writing prophets, concerned?
(a) Perserving the power of the priests
(b) Social inequities and moral delinquency
(c) Councils for revising Jewish law
(d) Keeping an accurate history of the kings

12. What teaching of Protestantism differs from Catholic doctrine?
(a) The importance of baptism
(b) The importance of church attendance
(c) The need for spiritual guidance
(d) Justification by faith

13. What Jewish writing became a basis for all laws concerning moral restraint?
(a) The Ten Commandments
(b) The Torah
(c) The letters of the minor prophets
(d) The History of the Prophets

14. At what point did Jesus' followers begin to accept him as God in human form?
(a) Some time after his death
(b) When there was a massive earthquake
(c) The first time they heard him speak
(d) When he healed a blind man

15. How do Muslims justify Islam's history of aggressiveness?
(a) That it was no different from other major religions.
(b) That it never happened at all
(c) That it was misrepresented by European historians
(d) That is was needed only at the beginning of the religion

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the gods of cultures other than the Jewish people be described?

2. What was different between God and the gods of the people all around the Jews?

3. What was the main cause of the rise of Protestantism?

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

5. How does an Andean view the landscape?

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