Assignment

CLEARLY identify which choice best answers the following questions. Either highlight your answer or clearly indicate the LETTER of your choice.

1. Examples of worldviews provided in the text include:
a. Religion
b. Secularism
c. Mysticism
d. A and B
e. A, B and C

2. The five pillars are associated with which religion?
a. Buddhism
b. Confucianism
c. Islam
d. Judaism
e. Christianity

3. The Four Noble truths include:
a. life is suffering
b. suffering is caused by desire
c. suffering can end
d. the remedy is the eightfold path
e. all of the above

4. Which religion has demonstrated remarkable adaptability and perseverance during its development?
a. Confucianism
b. Judaism
c. Christianity
d. Islam
e. Hinduism

5. Which of the following is not a cultural manifestation of Confucianism?
a. Jen - humanism
b. Li - rituals
c. Te - power
d. Wen - the arts
e. Doh - wisdom

6. The four core assumptions of Islam, as described in the text, include all but:
a. Jihad
b. submission to God
c. Fatalism
d. Judgment
e. one God

7. Similarities in religions include all of the following except
a. Rituals
b. Sacred scriptures
c. Ethics
d. Truth claims and worldviews
e. Speculation

8. A model that helps define reality and how to function within that perceived reality is a/an
a. Religion
b. Sociological theory
c. Worldview
d. Institution
e. None of the above

9. Which of the following concepts is notfundamental to the Jewish religion?
a. one universal and eternal God
b. the sacred trinity
c. humans have free will
d. humans must be obedient to God's commandments
e. B and C

10. The core assumptions of Hinduism include all of the following except:
a. divine in everything
b. discovery of self
c. Brahman
d. multiple paths
e. no ultimate reality