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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What saves the Christian in spite of his imperfect nature?
(a) The sign of the fish
(b) The new name he bears
(c) The blood of Christ
(d) The ekklesia

3. Why do primal religions draw no strict lines between the temporal and the spiritual?
(a) They are not sure which one they are in most of the time.
(b) They do not see a difference between the two at all.
(c) They are concerned with the preservation of natural and cosmic harmony.
(d) They do not have a concept of the spiritual.

4. How does primal polytheism differ from that of the Greeks and Romans?
(a) The primal gods are not assigned specific tasks they accomplish.
(b) The primal gods are not given any kind of shape or form.
(c) The Greek and Roman gods were not as capricious as the primal dieties.
(d) The deistic position to ancestors, animals, and objects, does not rule out the primal idea of the Supreme Being.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Koran, what marks the beginnings of Islam?

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

3. How is the length of Jesus' ministry best described?

4. How does the Australian aboriginal measure time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Muhammad's greatest contribution to the Muslim people?

2. How did the Roman Catholic church view itself from the time it became the official religion of Rome?

3. Tell briefly what caused the Protestant movement.

4. What is the unique characteristic of primal oral religions?

5. What about religions other than the historical religions from Confucianism to Christianity?

6. What is the divergent ideas over the Jews as God's elect people today?

7. How is Taoism often viewed by Westerners?

8. Discuss briefly the economics of Islam.

9. How do the Australian aborigines view the spiritual realm?

10. Briefly list and explain the Five Pillars of Islam.

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