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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main cause of the rise of Protestantism?
(a) Eccliastical excesses in the Roman church
(b) Acceptance of Eastern orthodoxy
(c) Different interpretation of scripture
(d) Language barriers

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

3. Where did the Jews find a greater meaning in life?
(a) Through mysticism
(b) Through troubles
(c) Through philosophy
(d) Through revelation

4. What is wrong with science questioning religion's ability to answer questions of ultimate reality?
(a) Science is not concerned with it.
(b) Science has facts to work with.
(c) Science cannot find a cure for the common cold.
(d) Science has also been unable to answer those questions.

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

6. 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

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

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

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

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

11. 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

12. What happened to Islam after the death of Muhammad?
(a) It spread all over the world in an area more vast than the Roman Empire.
(b) It nearly died out until the Crusades.
(c) It became the accepted religion of Europe.
(d) It became purely political and lost its religious implications.

13. 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) Overturn Roman rule
(d) Be able to heal the sick

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the three main tenets of Christianity?

3. As a chosen people, what were the Jews to do?

4. Why do primal religions defy any form of literature?

5. What two things became most important after Rome destroyed the temple in Jerusalem?

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