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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 basic concepts of Islam?
(a) Birth, life, death, and judgment
(b) God, Creation, humanity, and the Day of Judgment
(c) Converting, practice, judgment, and reward
(d) Prophecy, subjugation, and war on infidels

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

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

4. What was the groundwork Judaism laid because of its view of history?
(a) The eventual use of social protest
(b) The justification of totalitarianism
(c) The need for higher education
(d) The basis for slavery

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the totem?

2. How do Jewish concepts appear compared with Hinduism?

3. In Islam, what is the responsibility of the husband of more than one wife?

4. Why does Huston Smith say attempts to unite Protestantism have failed?

5. What was evident in the bearers of the Good News?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the current condition among the primal religions?

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

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

4. How is Taoism often viewed by Westerners?

5. Discuss briefly the economics of Islam.

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

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

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

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

10. What debt does Western civilization owe to Muslims?

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