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Question 1:

Some of the fundamental concepts shared by human cultures include all of the following except ________.
a) powerful gods
b) the presence of spirits
c) images
d) sacred places

Question 2:

Animal body parts are sometimes used in religious traditions for ________.
a) detecting spirits
b) protection
c) special delicacies
d) waging war

Question 3:

Religious beliefs and practice ________.
a) change over time
b) are consistent through a country
c) never change
d) are held by all humans

Question 4:

Two ways that a shaman may try to rid a community of an unfriendly spirit are ________.
a) perform an exorcism or bribe the spirit with offerings
b) bribe the spirit with offerings or frighten the spirit with loud noises
c) frighten the spirit with loud noises or perform an exorcism
d) the question doesn’t make sense because shamans don’t deal with spirit

Question 5:

Cosmic cycles refer to ________.
a) human calendars
b) circular patterns of stars
c) universal cycles such as eons
d) earthly seasons and celestial planets

Question 6:

A key feature of “temple religion” is ________.
a) the development of a priestly class
b) simplified rituals
c) that it is unique to Israel
d) multiple temple sites in one compound

Question 7:

Varna (colour) and is associated with ________.
a) ritual garments
b) sacrifices
c) sacred space
d) the caste system

Question 8:

In some religions, women were considered unacceptable as priestesses because ________.
a) it conflicted with their role as mothers
b) women had no authority
c) their menstrual cycle was thought to make them impure
d) they might get pregnant

Question 9:

The oracle at Delphi was located in ________.
a) Rome
b) Constantinople
c) Greece
d) Alexandria

Question 10:

An Energy God ________.
a) issues commandments
b) does not interact with humans as a human
c) answers prayers and petitions
d) provides positive energy

Question 11:

The Daodejing is ________.
a) an Energy God
b) a form of martial art
c) Laozi’s disciple
d) a book about “the way”

Question 12:

The great energy or ultimate reality underlying everything is known by some as ________.
a) sat
b) rig
c) dao
d) both A and C

Question 13:

Two religious traditions that originated in the Ganges region of India were ________.
a) the Jaina and Buddhist traditions
b) the Buddhist and Muslim traditions
c) the Muslim and Daoist traditions
d) the Daoist and Jaina traditions

Question 14:

Early Christianity was influenced by ________.
a) Islam
b) mystery religions
c) Celtic tribes
d) Ganges spirituality

Question 15:

All of the following are qualities of a saviour god’s biography except ________.
a) born in a palace
b) a non-sexual conception
c) greatness foreseen by wise people
d) natural signs upon their death

Question 16:

Krishna is ________.
a) a Hindu goddess of light
b) a ferocious god, red in colour
c) an avatar of Vishnu
d) a religious group

Question 17:

The Buddha of saving grace is all of the following except ________.
a) Amitabha
b) the same as the Buddha of the Pure Land
c) the one who demands that strict rules are followed
d) to whom one is to profess their faith

Question 18:

One of the earliest written scriptures is ________.
a) the Christian New Testament
b) Laozi’s Daodejing
c) the Islamic Qur’an
d) the Hindu Vedas

Question 19:

The word “religion” is associated with the meaning ________.
a) to bind
b) to go over again
c) to be spiritual
d) both A and B

Question 20:

The labels “East” and “West” in the study of religion ________.
a) are very useful for scholars
b) are problematic because there are no clear dividing lines
c) help locate specific religions in the world today
d) divide the world through zero degree of longitude

Higher Education

World Religions: Eastern Traditions, Fourth Edition—Chapter 1