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

2. How does the Australian aboriginal measure time?
(a) From sun up to sun down
(b) As everywhen in an unending procession
(c) By the migration of animals
(d) By the phases of the moon

3. What does Huston Smith suggest as a better way to assess religions?
(a) By looking for absurdities
(b) By selecting only the ones that appeal to you
(c) By studying each one for years
(d) By asking what wisdom do they offer the world

4. How does the primal religion differentiate between place and space?
(a) Place is where you are and space is where you go
(b) Place is really abstract; whereas, space is concrete
(c) Place is an exact location and space is the air around place
(d) Place as opposed to space where the former is concrete and the latter abstract

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only power that can face down the fear, distrust, prejudice, and suspicion of man?

3. Where did Muhammad make his most converts early on?

4. What happened to Islam after the death of Muhammad?

5. How does Huston Smith classify primal religions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly explain the totem of primal religions.

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

4. How did the Jews profess to find meaning for life?

5. What does Huston Smith see as the only possible solution for the world today?

6. Briefly describe the origins of Islam.

7. How did the Jews form a different idea about the importance of history?

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

9. Identify the four major sects of the Jews during the life of Jesus.

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

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