Chapter 1 Self-Quiz

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. The word "religion" may derive from what Latin word?

Relevo correct incorrect

Relictus correct incorrect

Religare correct incorrect

Reliquum correct incorrect

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. Which approach does the American Academy of Religion recommend for the study of religion?

Religious Studies Approach correct incorrect

Theological Studies Approach correct incorrect

Rationalistic Objective Approach correct incorrect

Experiential Subjective Approach correct incorrect

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. Historically, which of the following has been a universal way of understanding the world?

Dualistic correct incorrect

Three Worlds correct incorrect

Eternal correct incorrect

Created and Changing correct incorrect

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. When was the sacred ceremonial and burial site of Stonehedge erected?

around 5000 BCE correct incorrect

between 6000 and 5000 BCE correct incorrect

around 2000 BCE correct incorrect

between 3000 and 2500 BCE correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT typically associated with sacred places?

Theology correct incorrect

High places correct incorrect

Set Apart correct incorrect

Energy correct incorrect

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. Sacred places correspond to almost every feature of the landscape in which country?

Japan correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

England correct incorrect

Mexico correct incorrect

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. What is the purpose of "power objects" in various cultures?

Make contact with animal spirits correct incorrect

Protection against evil spirits correct incorrect

To be worn as amulets correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Japanese tradition known as Obon reflects which of the following beliefs?

Worshipping the gods of good fortune correct incorrect

Healing through chanting hymns correct incorrect

Evil spirits must be appeased correct incorrect

Souls of the dead return to earth correct incorrect

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. Which theorist developed the idea of "religion in the singular"?

Sigmund Freud correct incorrect

Wilfred Cantwell Smith correct incorrect

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Bronislaw Malinowski correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a central task of the Shamans?

Preserving and interpreting the sacred scriptures correct incorrect

Oversee pilgrimages to the sacred sites correct incorrect

Performing all the priestly functions inside the temples correct incorrect

Act like an intermediary between humans and the spirit world correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT another name for a shaman?

Medicine man correct incorrect

Witchdoctor correct incorrect

Soul doctor correct incorrect

High priest correct incorrect

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. Which animal was commonly associated with virility?

Lamb correct incorrect

Serpent correct incorrect

Fish correct incorrect

Bull correct incorrect

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. In the Hindu Vedas, what is the purpose behind the sacrifice of a primal Person?

It defines the norm for the social roles of the four social classes correct incorrect

It atones for the sins of the priestly caste correct incorrect

It is an annual act of worship to Vishnu correct incorrect

It is a ritual cleansing of the Untouchable correct incorrect

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. The Levites are part of the hereditary priesthood in which religion?

Islam correct incorrect

Judaism correct incorrect

Christianity correct incorrect

Hinduism correct incorrect

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. Which character does NOT feature prominently in the Eleusinian mystery tradition?

Hades correct incorrect

Demeter correct incorrect

Dionysus correct incorrect

Persephone correct incorrect

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. How many years ago did the avatar concept take root in Asia and the Middle East?

3,000 correct incorrect

4,000 correct incorrect

2,000 correct incorrect

5,000 correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT an example of an avatar figure?

Krishna correct incorrect

Amitabha correct incorrect

Zeus correct incorrect

Jesus correct incorrect

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. The Christian doctrine of the Trinity, according to the Christian tradtion, affirms which of the following?

Tritheism correct incorrect

Polytheism correct incorrect

God exists as three avatars correct incorrect

God exists as three persons correct incorrect

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. When did scripturalism manifest itself in Judaism?

After the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE) correct incorrect

After the rise of imperial Christianity (4^th c. CE) correct incorrect

After Hellenization under Alexander (4^th c. BCE) correct incorrect

After the destruction of the First Temple (587 BCE) correct incorrect

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. Which religion is associated with scripture that must always be recited?

Islam correct incorrect

Judaism correct incorrect

Christianity correct incorrect

Buddhism correct incorrect