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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Muslims view the Koran?
(a) As a history of the relationship between God and man
(b) As a history of the Prophet
(c) Simply as the words of Allah
(d) As a book without specific rules

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

3. What is the Jewish attitude toward history?
(a) It highly significant revealing the contest of life that delineates methods of handling problems and taking advantage of opportunities.
(b) It only makes interesting stories and bedtime reading.
(c) It is over and should be forgotten while working toward perfection.
(d) It has nothing to do with how life is lived in the present.

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

5. What was different between God and the gods of the people all around the Jews?
(a) God is righteous where the other gods were not
(b) God has angels where the other gods do not
(c) God showed His face where the others did not
(d) God had prophets where the other gods spoke for themselves

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

7. How do Jewish people view their traditions?
(a) As handles on the real world around them
(b) As unimportant except for the fun they bring
(c) As meaningless ritual
(d) As the memories of the past which are treasured possessions

8. What was the major contribution to religion of the Israelite people?
(a) Neotheism
(b) Polytheism
(c) Monotheism
(d) Agnosticism

9. What are the three areas of mysticism in Sufism?
(a) Love, ecstasy, intuition
(b) Faith, hope, charity
(c) Prophecy, interpretation, seances
(d) Communication with the dead, using hallucinogens, speaking in tongues

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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 Tao is of the universe only
(d) The idea that the Tao is within us

14. What creates the theater of the primal religion handed down orally?
(a) Vocal impersonations of people and animals.
(b) Dances and pantomimes that accompany the spoken word.
(c) The spoken word has rhythms and accentuations not found on the printed page.
(d) The larger outdoor setting of nature.

15. Where did the mystical body of Christ come into being?
(a) In the synagogue
(b) In the temple
(c) In the upper room
(d) In the house of Peter

Short Answer Questions

1. What major change did Islam cause?

2. What was the scratched drawing that came to identify Christians with the Good News?

3. How does Islam nail down the actions of humans?

4. What is the basis for Protestant belief?

5. What does Huston Smith suggest is a way to look at the different religions?

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