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

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

3. What does Huston Smith suggest is a way to look at the different religions?
(a) Like an explosion in a mattress factory
(b) Like a stained glass window where differences come together to form a picture
(c) Like the pieces of broken pottery when you drop a plate
(d) Like interference on a television signal

4. What is the main difference between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy?
(a) The language they use is different but the message is the same.
(b) Roman Catholicism disputes the idea of the Trinity.
(c) Roman Catholicism is organized under a Pope; Orthodoxy retains congregational autonomy.
(d) Eastern Orthodoxy disallows icons and statues of saints.

5. How does Huston Smith classify primal religions?
(a) As unacceptable superstition
(b) As non-religions
(c) As tribal religions which were handed down orally
(d) As religions which came after the major world religions

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the aboriginal see the figures of antiquity?

2. What is the Jewish view of the God-man relationship?

3. What are the two interpretations of messianic hope?

4. What are the three areas of mysticism in Sufism?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Judaism portray the relationship between God and man?

2. What is the best question that should be asked about religion?

3. What summarizes the mystery of the church?

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

5. Define the early or major prophets of Israel.

6. Define the major difference between the Roman Catholic church and Eastern Orthodoxy.

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

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

9. Briefly explain the totem of primal religions.

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

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