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Question 1:

In which country was the leadership of the Shah overthrown in an Islamic revolution in 1979?
a) Syria
b) Egypt
c) Iraq
d) Iran

Question 2:

What term was used to describe the members of the Islamic resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan?
a) Shi’ites
b) Sunnis
c) Mujahidin
d) Fatwas

Question 3:

Which US President praised the Islamic resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan as “freedom fighters”?
a) Bill Clinton
b) Ronal Reagan
c) George W. Bush
d) Richard Nixon

Question 4:

Which country is home to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Iraq

Question 5:

What city was the site of the clash between Hindus and Muslims over the sacred site where the Babri mosque stood?
a) Delhi
b) Hyderabad
c) Jaipur
d) Ayodhya

Question 6:

Which main religious groups were involved in the Sri Lankan civil war?
a) Hindu and Buddhist
b) Muslim and Hindu
c) Christian and Muslim
d) Hindu and Christian

Question 7:

What is the name of the Muslim minority community in China?
a) Sufis
b) Uighurs
c) Salafists
d) Twelvers

Question 8:

Within which religious tradition did the term “fundamentalism” first emerge?
a) Judaism
b) Christianity
c) Islam
d) Hinduism

Question 9:

In what year was the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools the subject of the Scopes trial?
a) 1899
b) 1957
c) 1925
d) 1913

Question 10:

What was asserted regarding the Bible in the booklets entitled The Fundamentals?
a) Its inerrancy
b) Its relativism
c) Its historicity
d) Its fallibility

Question 11:

What idea did K.B. Hedgewar and the RSS promote?
a) Iran as a Muslim nation
b) The United States as a Christian nation
c) Israel as a Jewish nation
d) India as a Hindu nation

Question 12:

Who authored the article “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis”?
a) Barry White
b) Ellen White
c) Lynn White
d) Jim White

Question 13:

Which of the following countries has never elected a female head of state?
a) Canada
b) Turkey
c) Bangladesh
d) India

Question 14:

What is Min al-Alaq?
a) Pakistani nationalist political party
b) Muslim LGBTIQ support/advocacy group
c) A contested sacred site in India
d) An Islamic university in California

Question 15:

In what style is the Upanishads written?
a) Monologue
b) Dialogue
c) Poetic
d) Political treatise

Question 16:

In which city was the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions convened?
a) Jerusalem
b) New York City
c) London
d) Chicago

Question 17:

Which branch of Judaism participated in the “It Gets Better” campaign advocating for LGBTIQ rights?
a) Orthodox
b) Conservative
c) Reform
d) Hassidic

Question 18:

To which group does the term “tongqi” apply?
a) Married Buddhist priests
b) The wives of gay Chinese men
c) Japanese Zen literalists
d) Tibetan Buddhist nationalists

Question 19:

Which of the following countries has resorted to forced birth control policies?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Indonesia
d) China

Question 20:

Who authored the book Towards a World Theology: Faith and the Comparative History of Religions?
a) William James
b) Willard G. Oxtoby
c) Wilfred Cantwell Smith
d) Charles Taylor

Higher Education

World Religions: Western Traditions, Fourth Edition—Chapter 8