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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 knowledge does religion offer that pure science does not?

2. How does the aboriginal see the figures of antiquity?

3. Why do primal religions defy any form of literature?

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

5. Why does Huston Smith not discuss a comparison of religions as to superiority?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it exact to say that primal religions are all polytheistic?

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

3. Discuss briefly the economics of Islam.

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

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

6. What part does ritual play for Jewish people?

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

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

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

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 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 about religion and pacifism. Describe the approach several different religions take toward war. Give specific examples.

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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