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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hope of the Jewish people?
(a) The external hope
(b) The messianic hope
(c) The monetary hope
(d) The emancipation hope

2. Why is there no word for "art" in tribal American Indian languages?
(a) Because to them everything is art
(b) Because they do not have art
(c) Because they believe art will capture souls
(d) Because no one has time for art

3. What is the basis for Protestant belief?
(a) The denial of individual relationship with God
(b) The great preachers who challenged Rome
(c) The right of the church to change scripture
(d) The Bible as the living word of God

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

5. What is the contribution of the Torah and the Talmud?
(a) Great museum pieces
(b) Important confirmation of secular histories
(c) Perpetuating Jewish history and language
(d) Preservation of art and literature

6. When did the Christian church become the official religion in Rome?
(a) 420 A. D.
(b) 33 A. D.
(c) 313 A. D.
(d) 1054 A. D.

7. What knowledge does religion offer that pure science does not?
(a) How humans will continue to develop
(b) A picture of humanity as a growing population
(c) A picture of the human self and its inestimable worth
(d) The evolutionary changes in man

8. What was evident in the bearers of the Good News?
(a) The different way they dressed
(b) Their release from fear, guilt, and ego
(c) They all had university degrees
(d) That they were uneducated

9. What were Jesus' words designed to cause people to do?
(a) Show them how to become rich
(b) See things in a different way
(c) Be able to heal the sick
(d) Overturn Roman rule

10. How does Islam nail down the actions of humans?
(a) Forbidden, indifferent, and obligatory
(b) Wrong, right, exceptional, and loving
(c) Advised against, forbidden, and allowed
(d) Good, evil, hopeful, and accidental

11. How is the length of Jesus' ministry best described?
(a) It lasted thirty years and then he was crucified.
(b) It was cut short by his resurrection
(c) It was short and then he was crucified.
(d) It lasted four decades before he was crucified.

12. How is al-qur'an divided?
(a) Into 99 chapters of varying lengths
(b) Into 114 chapters or surahs of varying lengths
(c) Into six books of equal length
(d) Into two parts of history and laws

13. What is the function exclusive to the shaman in primal religion?
(a) To make symbols for the tribe to see but not understand
(b) To bypass symbolism and go directly to the spiritual source
(c) To teach the youth about tribal traditions
(d) To deal only with evil spirits

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the argument for the existence of the church?

2. What saves the Christian in spite of his imperfect nature?

3. How did Judaism affect human coexistence?

4. What is the attitude toward the idea that humans are the holder of absolute truth?

5. What was a major contribution of Muslim scholars?

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