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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 three major world religions come from Abraham?
(a) Christianity, Existentialism, and Islam
(b) Hinduism, Abramism, and Islam
(c) Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
(d) Islam, Paganism, and Taoism

2. What is the attitude toward the idea that humans are the holder of absolute truth?
(a) It is what all Protestants claim.
(b) It is to be accepted after close study.
(c) It is to be listened to.
(d) It is to be rejected.

3. What tenet of Christianity is rejected by both Judaism and Islam?
(a) The idea that there is only one true religion
(b) The idea that Jesus was from God
(c) The idea that God saves man
(d) The idea of the Trinity

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

5. In Islam, what is the responsibility of the husband of more than one wife?
(a) That he favor the one who bears sons
(b) That the first wife picks out the second
(c) That he treat each equally
(d) That he keep them in separate houses

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Muslims view the Koran?

2. Why do primal religions defy any form of literature?

3. What is the main difference between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 is the current condition among the primal religions?

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

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

10. What part does ritual play for Jewish people?

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