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Question 1:

During the 1960s, many academics believed that religion was ________.
a) a vibrant, relevant social force to be studied
b) a cultural fossil on its way to extinction
c) the cause for all the world’s evils
d) a source of charity and mobilization for social justice

Question 2:

Hindus believe that a hill in the town of Ayodhya, India is where ________.
a) Rama was born
b) the Ramayana tale was written
c) the battle of Babir was won
d) the first Mughal emperor installed

Question 3:

The separatist movement ________ exists in Sri Lanka.
a) the BJP
b) the Tamil Tigers
c) the RSS
d) the Uighurs

Question 4:

The term “fundamentalism” is a response to ________.
a) greed
b) immorality
c) modernity
d) technology

Question 5:

The Scopes trial was nicknamed the ________.
a) “evolution trial”
b) “creation trial”
c) “primate trial”
d) “monkey trial”

Question 6:

Hindutva means ________.
a) Hindu faith
b) Hindu-ness
c) Hindu power
d) Hindu nation

Question 7:

The Japanese ceremony mizuko kuyo is held for ________.
a) Japanese business men
b) scientists who have died
c) aborted fetuses
d) promoting peace

Question 8:

Eastern traditions view humans and nature as ________.
a) having no radical distinction
b) being one and the same
c) slightly different because only humans have souls
d) Both A and B

Question 9:

In Tibet, monks use solar heaters to warm ________.
a) water for their tea
b) the monastery buildings
c) their daily meals
d) statues of the Buddha

Question 10:

Natural theology means ________.
a) a study of nature gods
b) a theology based on God’s revelations
c) a theology based on human observation
d) a study of god that is naturally based

Question 11:

The Dalai Lama considers science to be ________.
a) incompatible with Buddhism
b) helpful with meditation practices
c) exclusive to the worldly realm
d) similar to Buddhism because there are no absolutes

Question 12:

Gandhi was an advocate for ________.
a) factory production
b) British authority
c) small, local technology
d) business development

Question 13:

Homosexuality ________.
a) has recently been recognized to exist in Inda
b) is not tolerated in India
c) is fully accepted in India
d) does not occur in India

Question 14:

According to your textbook, reform Jews participated in ________.
a) the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell campaign
b) the It Gets Better campaign
c) the LGBTIQ Drive
d) the Bully Project

Question 15:

Scriptural literature provides ________, which plays an important role in the success of a religious tradition’s missionary work.
a) source for independent study
b) special authority over an oral tradition
c) concrete reference for newcomers to the tradition
d) complete historical account of the tradition

Question 16:

Pluralism and dialogue between religious traditions occurs ________.
a) in Christian countries
b) in Buddhist countries
c) only in North America
d) everywhere

Question 17:

“Dialogue” comes from the Greek root meaning to ________.
a) converse
b) discuss
c) argue
d) correspond

Question 18:

The Mughal emperor Akbar ________.
a) welcomed religious debate in his court
b) had no tolerance for other religious views
c) converted everyone in his kingdom to Islam
d) was not interested in religious understandings

Question 19:

The World Council of Churches was established in ________.
a) 2002
b) 1995
c) 1965
d) 1948

Question 20:

Nowadays religious truths are understood as ________.
a) an absolute truth
b) a perspectival truth
c) a universal truth
d) a possible truth

Higher Education

World Religions: Eastern Traditions, Fourth Edition—Chapter 8