DEVRY RELI 448 FINAL EXAM


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Devry RELI 448 Final Exam

1.     1. Question : (TCO 1) The word religion literally means:
: to bind.
meditate on.
worship.
rise above.


2.     2. Question : (TCO 1) The position that argues that we cannot know whether there is a god or not is known as:
: monotheism.
polytheism.
atheism.
agnosticism.


3.     3. Question : (TCO 2) Who was the German theologian who argued in The Idea of the Holy that religions emerge when people experience that aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious?
: William James
Carl Gustav Jung
Rudolf Otto
E.B.
Tylor
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4.     4. Question : (TCO 4) Who was the Scottish anthropologist and author of The
Golden Bough who saw the origins of religion in early attempts by
human beings to influence nature and who identified religion as
an intermediate stage between magic and science?
: James Frazer
Rudolf Otto
William James
Wilhelm Schmidt


5.     5. Question : (TCO 4) What is the name of the Austrian ethnographer and
philologist who argued that all humankind once believed in a
single High God and that to this simple monotheism later beliefs
in lesser gods and spirits were added?
: James Frazer
William James
Wilhelm Schmidt
Carl Gustav Jung


6.     6. Question : (TCO 8) Vedic religion was:
: patriarchal and polytheistic.
matriarchal and polytheistic.
monotheistic.
monistic.


7.     7. Question : (TCO 8) The power of a god is often symbolized by:
: lightening bolts.
rings of fire.
animals.
many arms.


8.     8. Question : (TCO 9) Hinduism, as formulated in the Upanishads,
: encourages meditation to understand the essence of reality.
says we must honor our social obligations and roles.
rejected the authority of the Vedas in formulating new
religious insights.
advocates devotion to any of the many gods.
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9.     9. Question : (TCO 10) Both Jainism and Sikhism:
: practice vegetarianism.
advocate ahimsa.
are monotheistic.
view the human being as composite of spirit and matter.


10.  10. Question : (TCO 8) According to the Buddha, his teachings must be:
: accepted on faith.
experienced by oneself.
memorized and chanted.
spread by missionaries.


11.  11. Question : (TCO 8) Once a person reaches nirvana:
: suffering continues only for this life.
samsara is attained.
rebirth is finished.
the Pure Land is entered.


12.  12. Question : (TCO 8 ) The Chinese word for “righteousness,” “benevolence,”
“humanity-at-its-best” is:
: Ren (jen).
Li.
Wen.
Hsiao (xiao).


13.  13. Question : (TCO 8) Confucius thought the most important relationship was:
: ruler-subject.
husband-wife.
father-son.
friend-friend.
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14.  14. Question : (TCO 9) Which is not a Daoist value?
: Simplicity
Spontaneity
Sensing movements of nature
Formal education


15.  15. Question : (TCO 9) In Zhuangzi’s (Chuang Tzu’s) famous dream, he was not
certain that he was not:
: Confucius.
an ox.
a butterfly.
a Daoist.


16.  16. Question : (TCO 5) All of the following ancient world religions are minor
religions except:
: Shinto.
Buddhism.
Taoism.
Jainism.


17.  17. Question : (TCO 11) Sikhism is charaterized by:
: special clothing and religious militarism.
special clothing but not religious militarism.
religious militarism but not special clothing.
special clothing only.


18.  18. Question : (TCO 6) A contract between the Hebrews and their God was
called a:
: mitzvah.
covenant.
yarmulke.
commandment.
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19.  19. Question : (TCO 6) The sacred core of the Hebrew Bible is called the:
: Torah.
Talmud.
Writings.
Prophets.


20.  20. Question : (TCO 6) A joyful spring festival that recalls the Hebrews’ exodus
from Egypt and freedom from oppression is:
: Yom Kippur.
Passover (Seder).
Purim.
Hanukkah.


21.  21. Question : (TCO 7) Jesus sometimes summed up his teachings in:
: ten commandments.
one commandment.
two commandments.
five commandments.


22.  22. Question : (TCO 7) The most Jewish of the Gospels is:
: Matthew.
Mark.
Luke.
John.


23.  23. Question : (TCO 6) Muhammad’s job before he became a prophet was as a:
: merchant.
date grower.
caravan driver.
camel breeder.
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24.  24. Question : (TCO 6) The month of fasting, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is known as:
: Id al-Adha.
Kabah.
Ramadan.
Qur’an.


25.  25. Question : (TCO 12) The youngest alternative path studied in this chapter is:
: Santería.
Falun Gong.
Theosophy.
Baha’i.
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1.     1. Question : (TCO 4) Compare and contrast Sigmund Freud’s theory about the
origin of religions with William James’s theory. How does each of
these psychologists view religion (positively or negatively)? Now
analyze how the insights of Freud or James might illuminate your
religious tradition or the tradition with which you are the most
familiar. How would Freud or James understand that tradition?
Use specific examples to support your answer (e.g., a specific
belief or ritual).


2.     2. Question : (TCO 9) Identify and analyze the Four Noble Truths, in particular,
the Noble Eightfold Path. What ideas from Hinduism did Buddhism
essentially keep? Describe them. Include enough details to
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3.     3. Question : (TCO 3) Explain and evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological
Argument for the existence of God: The first and plainest is the
method that proceeds from the point of view of motion. It is
certain and in accord with experience, that things on earth
undergo change. Now, everything that is moved is moved by
something; nothing, indeed, is changed, except it is changed to
something which it is in potentiality. Moreover, anything moves in
accordance with something actually existing; change itself, is
nothing else than to bring forth something from potentiality into
actuality. Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual
existence except through something actually existing: thus heat
in action, as fire, makes fire-wood, which is hot in potentiality, to
be hot actually, and through this process, changes itself. The
same thing cannot at the same time be actually and potentially
the same thing, but only in regard to different things. What is
actually hot cannot be at the same time potentially hot, but it is
possible for it at the same time to be potentially cold.
It is impossible, then, that anything should be both mover and
the thing moved, in regard to the same thing and in the same
way, or that it should move itself. Everything, therefore, is moved
by something else. If, then, that by which it is moved, is also
moved, this must be moved by something still different, and this,
again, by something else. But this process cannot go on to infinity
because there would not be any first mover, nor, because of this
fact, anything else in motion, as the succeeding things would not
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move except because of what is moved by the first mover, just as
a stick is not moved except through what is moved from the
hand. Therefore it is necessary to go back to some first mover,
which is itself moved by nothing–and this all men know as God.
Briefly explain and then evaluate this proof for the existence of
God.


4.     4. Question : (TCO 11) Identify and analyze three basic patterns in indigeneous
religions. Use examples from traditional Hawaiian religion to
support your answer.


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