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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 attitude toward the idea that humans are the holder of absolute truth?

2. What revelation about God was made known through the Exodus?

3. How does Islam nail down the actions of humans?

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

5. With what were the minor, or writing prophets, concerned?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Taoism often viewed by Westerners?

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

3. What is the best question that should be asked about religion?

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

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

6. Discuss briefly the economics of Islam.

7. Define the early or major prophets of Israel.

8. Briefly describe the origins of Islam.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the ultimate goal of all religions. In your essay mention the different concepts of heaven or nirvana as held by different religious thought. Contrast the ideas of achieving perfection and the ideas of a place.

Essay Topic 2

All of the world's historical religions have undergone schisms. Write an essay in which you point out the divisions that arose in three or four major religions. Then state your opinion as to why this seems to happen to all religions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on how your preconceived ideas of one or more of the religions examined in the book have changed. Describe what you knew about the religion before the study and how the study changed your viewpoint of the religion.

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