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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 does Islam nail down the actions of humans?
(a) Good, evil, hopeful, and accidental
(b) Advised against, forbidden, and allowed
(c) Wrong, right, exceptional, and loving
(d) Forbidden, indifferent, and obligatory

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

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

4. How does an Andean view the landscape?
(a) As proof there is no superior being
(b) As a reflection of a superior reality
(c) As a problem that must be solved
(d) As just a landscape

5. What is wrong with science questioning religion's ability to answer questions of ultimate reality?
(a) Science has facts to work with.
(b) Science is not concerned with it.
(c) Science has also been unable to answer those questions.
(d) Science cannot find a cure for the common cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the mystical body of Christ come into being?

2. What Jewish writing became a basis for all laws concerning moral restraint?

3. How does the Roman Catholic church view itself?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Jesus as the originator of the Christian religion.

2. Briefly explain the totem of primal religions.

3. How is Taoism often viewed by Westerners?

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

5. What debt does Western civilization owe to Muslims?

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

7. What part does ritual play for Jewish people?

8. What impact did Jewish history make on the world?

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

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

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