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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 are the three main tenets of Christianity?

2. Where did the Jews find a greater meaning in life?

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

4. What three major world religions come from Abraham?

5. Why do primal religions draw no strict lines between the temporal and the spiritual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Tell briefly what caused the Protestant movement.

5. What summarizes the mystery of the church?

6. How do the Australian aborigines view the spiritual realm?

7. Briefly describe the origins of Islam.

8. What part does ritual play for Jewish people?

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

10. What did the Jewish people do while in captivity that defines their need to discover meanings behind events?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay about major moral and ethical contributions made by the Jews. Be sure to discuss the impact of written laws and the Jewish emphasis on the value of human life. State your opinion as to what the world might have been like without these valuable contributions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on one of the religions studied in this book that is different from your own but that you found to be the most interesting. Explain why it interested you and what you got from studying this religion.

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