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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Jewish attitude toward history?

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

3. What practice does the Eastern church encourage more so than the Roman church?

4. What was the major contribution to religion of the Israelite people?

5. What is the sect of Islam that is introspective and mystic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Taoism often viewed by Westerners?

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

4. What debt does Western civilization owe to Muslims?

5. Why does Huston Smith not go into any kind of comparison of the religions he writes about in the book?

6. Tell briefly what caused the Protestant movement.

7. Briefly describe the origins of Islam.

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

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

10. Define the early or major prophets of Israel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the effects on the Chinese culture from both Confucianism and Taoism. Give specific examples of cultural practices that exist because of these teachings. Compare them to the effects of the Protestant ethic on the United States of America.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing Buddhism and Protestantism as movements to reform ecclesiastical excesses. In the essay contrast the methods used to bring about the reforms.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about religious viewpoints on sin. In your essay be sure to refer to the way the Buddha perceived sin. Also discuss sin as presented to the Israelites in the form of the Ten Commandments.

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