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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 are the two interpretations of messianic hope?
(a) A person or messiah or a catraclysmic intervention by God
(b) A person or the end of the world
(c) A population boom or a military power expansion
(d) A utopia or a conquest

2. Why is there no word for "art" in tribal American Indian languages?
(a) Because they do not have art
(b) Because to them everything is art
(c) Because they believe art will capture souls
(d) Because no one has time for art

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the aboriginal, what is the purpose of the ancestors?

2. What comprised the majority of the major prophets' work in Jewish history?

3. How do Muslims justify Islam's history of aggressiveness?

4. What is the blend that makes up the Jewish interpretation of man?

5. What was a major contribution of Muslim scholars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part does ritual play for Jewish people?

2. What summarizes the mystery of the church?

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

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

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

6. Is it exact to say that primal religions are all polytheistic?

7. What was the good news of Jesus and how was it circulated?

8. Tell briefly what caused the Protestant movement.

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

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

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