GED 250
World Religions
Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions
9th Edition, 2009
Final Examination
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GED 250 World Religions
Final Examination
Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1.
Moslems worship in a _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Hinduism in India or Roman Catholicism in Spain
fall into which of the following types?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
Church
Sect
Cult
All of the above
None of the above
Religious groups that combine separation from
society with new ideas and an emphasis on mystical experience fall into which religious types?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
5.
Church
Sect
Cult
All of the above
None of the above
The Amish or Jehovah’s Witnesses fall into which
of the following types?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4.
Temple
Church
Mosque
All of the above
None of the above
Church
Sect
Cult
All of the above.
None of the above
Which approach to the study of religion fits in with
the time concept and Western ideas?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Phenomenological approach
Historical approach
Critical approach
All of the above
None of the above
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6.
An individual who has gained mastery over spirits
and who knows the paths of the dead by means of
a great initiatory experience is called a _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
7.
Polytheism reached an apex during which period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
8.
Hunting and gathering religion
Agricultural religion
Ancient empires
All of the above
None of the above
The earth goddess grew most in significance and
was worshiped as a principal deity during which
period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2
Hunting and gathering religion
Agricultural religion
Ancient empires
All of the above
None of the above
The human custodian of spiritual power, the shaman, is most important during which period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
9.
Priest
Shaman
Diviner
All of the above
None of the above
Hunting and gathering religion
Agricultural religion
Ancient empires
All of the above
None of the above
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10.
The possibility of different absolute truths existing
simultaneously (Dalai Lama) is an expression of
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
11.
Which of the following characterize the soul?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
12.
Delhi
Bombay
Calcutta
All of the above
None of the above
One’s place in Hindu society is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
14.
Separable part of yourself
Undying
Widespread in the world
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following is a city in India?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
13.
Liberalism
Modernism
Postmodernism
All of the above
None of the above
Rita
Karma
Caste
All of the above
None of the above
The cosmic order is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Rita
Karma
Caste
All of the above
None of the above
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15.
Dharma imposed personal retribution and reward
through _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16.
According to the Laws of Manu, the basic end of
man which is pleasure is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
17.
Kama
Artha
Moksha
Nirvana
None of the above
According to the Laws of Manu, the basic end of
man which is righteousness is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4
Kama
Artha
Dharma
Nirvana
None of the above
According to the Laws of Manu, the basic end of
man which is liberation is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
18.
Rita
Karma
Caste
All of the above
None of the above
Kama
Artha
Dharma
Nirvana
None of the above
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19.
According to the Laws of Manu, the basic end of
man which is gain is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
20.
The sets of songs and chants for auxiliary groups
of priests and charms from the Vedas are called
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
21.
Sama Veda
Yajur Veda
Artharva Veda
All of the above
None of the above
The “Books of the Forest Schools” are _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
22.
Kama
Artha
Dharma
Nirvana
None of the above
Brahamans
Aranyakas
Upanishads
All of the above
None of the above
The commentaries on the Vedas are _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Brahamans
Aranyakas
Upanishads
All of the above
None of the above
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23.
Jainism was founded by _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
24.
Buddhism was founded by _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
25.
yama and niyama
siddhis and dharmana
asana and pranayama
pratyahara and dhyana
None of the above
According to the Yoga Sutras, posture and breath
control are called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
6
Brahmins, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, Shudras.
Brahmins, Shudras, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas.
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Shudras.
Kshatriyas, Shudras, Vaisyas, Brahmins.
None of the above.
According to the Yoga Sutras, the first limbs are
positive and negative moral rules called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
27.
Siddhartha Gautama
Mahavira
Ashoka
Guru Nanak
None of the above
Which is the correct listing of castes/varnas, from
highest to lowest rank?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
26.
Siddhartha Gautama
Mahavira
Ashoka
Guru Nanak
None of the above
asana and pranayama
siddhis and dharmana
yama and niyama
pratyahara and dhyana
None of the above
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28.
Krishna teaches Prince Arjuna the secret of
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
29.
The Three Refuges takes refuge in _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
30.
Being with Buddha in the Pure Land.
What you experience after solving a koan.
Great Western Paradise.
All of the above
None of the above
Vajrayana can be characterized by _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
32.
Buddha
Dharma
Samgha
All of the above
None of the above
What is Nirvana?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
31.
Jnana-yoga
Bhakti-yoga
Karma-yoga
All of the above
None of the above
Known as the Thunderbolt Vessel
Found in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia
Known as the Diamond Vessel
All of the above
None of the above
In Vajrayana thought, the dharmakaya is made
equivalent to _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Paramitas
Prajna
Prajnaparamita
All of the above
None of the above
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33.
Who brought the Chan tradition of Buddhism to
China?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
34.
Shinto gods are known as _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
35.
Torii
Kami
Matsuri
All of the above
None of the above
The Five Books or Confucian Classics include
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
8
Torii
Kami
Matsuri
All of the above
None of the above
What is a Shinto shrine festival called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
37.
Torii
Kami
Matsuri
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following is an offering at a Shinto
shrine?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
36.
Upali
Kashyapa
Bodhidharma
All of the above
None of the above
The Great Learning
The Analects
The Mean
All of the above
None of the above
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38.
In Confucian thought, the Superior Man is called
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
39.
In Confucian thought, what term indicates rites,
proper conduct, ceremonies, courtesy, and doing
things the right way?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
40.
Li
Ren
Jun-zi
All of the above
None of the above
Society for Confucius was founded on _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
41.
Li
Ren
Jun-zi
All of the above
None of the above
Filial Piety
The rectification of names
The five relationships
All of the above
None of the above
The Cornerstone relationship among the Five
Relationships is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Ruler-Subject
Father-Son
Husband-Wife
Elder-Younger Brother
Friend-Friend
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42.
Filal Piety characterizes which of the following
Five Relationships?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
43.
Which of the following is a Confucian Philosopher?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
44.
Xunzi
Mencius
Dong Zhongshu
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following said that man is basically
evil in the sense of being self-centered and need
education and social control to become good?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
10
Xunzi
Mencius
Dong Zhongshu
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following held that human nature is
basically good and is only impeded by an evil
social environment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
45.
Ruler-Subject
Father-Son
Husband-Wife
Elder-Younger Brother
Friend-Friend
Xunzi
Mencius
Dong Zhongshu
All of the above
None of the above
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46.
According to Confucian tradition, which of the following wrote part of and edited all of the Five
Books?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
47.
Which of the following religions believes that ultimate reality consists of the Great Way down which
the universe moves?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
48.
Confucianism
Daoism/Taoism
Shintoism
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following religions believes that what
is expected of humans is: to live spontaneously
and close to nature and in more formal systems to
meditate and perform rites that draw on close to
gods and immortals?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
49.
Xunzi
Mencius
Dong Zhongshu
All of the above
None of the above
Confucianism
Daoism/Taoism
Shintoism
All of the above
None of the above
Which religious founder was known as the “Old
Man” and left China on a water buffalo towards
Tibet?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Siddhartha
Confucius
Laozi
All of the above
None of the above
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50.
Which of the following books did Laozi write?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
51.
The first and greatest of subsequent Daoist writers
is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
52.
The Dao de jing
The Baopuzi
The Zhuangzi
The Yi Jing
All of the above
Wu-Wei stands for _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
12
Guo Xiang
Laozi
Ge Hong
Zhuangzi
All of the above
Which of the following writings had Outer and
Inner parts?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
54.
Guo Xiang
Baopuzi
Ge Hong
Zhuangzi
All of the above
Which of the following are Daoist writers?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
53.
Baopuzi
The Great Learning
Dao de jing
All of the above
None of the above
being or doing
nonbeing or not doing
being or not doing
nonbeing or doing
None of the above
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55.
The supreme deity in religious Daoism is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
56.
In Daoism, which of the following lives in ShangriLa?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
57.
Ch’eng
Pan Chao
Sung Jochao
Lui Hsian
None of the above
In Shinto, the symbolic dwelling place of the kami
is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
59.
The Jade Emperor
Laozi
The Yellow Emperor
The Mother Goddess
None of the above
Who wrote the analects for women?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
58.
The Jade Emperor
Laozi
The Yellow Emperor
The Mother Goddess
None of the above
Shintai
Gohei
Haiden
Heiden
Honden
What is the name of the God Abraham worshiped?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Ashtoreth
Tammuz
Sin
All of the above
None of the above
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60.
In Mesopotamia, the dying-rising vegetation god is
called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
61.
Among the Hebrews, the nonpriestly spiritual leaders
are called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
62.
Saul
Solomon
David
All of the above
None of the above
Which people took Jerusalem and destroyed the
Temple, carrying many off into exile?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
14
Cain and Abel
Abraham and Sarah
Adam and Eve
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following Hebrew Kings built the first
temple?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
64.
Levites
Scribes
Prophets
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following were in the Garden of Eden?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
63.
Ashtoreth
Tammuz
Sin
All of the above
None of the above
Babylon
Egypt
Persia
All of the above
None of the above
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65.
Who conquered the Persian Empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
66.
Which of the following teaches the full following of
the law or Torah and are very traditional in
Talmudic scholarship, theology, forms of festival
and worship?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
67.
Reform
Conservative
Reconstructionist
Orthodox
Messianic Jewish Alliance.
Which of the following takes the Law seriously as a
guide to life but believes that its provisions can
and should be adjusted to suit the conditions of
modern living?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
68.
Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
Antiochus IV
All of the above
None of the above
Reform.
Conservative.
Reconstructionist.
Orthodox.
Messianic Jewish Alliance.
Which of the following had the “I-Thou” relationship as a key concept of his thinking?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Franz Rosenzweig
Martin Buber
Abraham Joshua Heschel
All of the above
None of the above
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69.
The Jewish marital settlement is called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
70.
Jesus’ chief disciple was _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
71.
Paul
Peter
John
All of the above
None of the above
Which of the following councils affirmed the
Nicene Creed?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16
They saw Jesus ascend into heaven
They saw the resurrected Jesus
They received the Holy Spirit of God
All of the above
None of the above
Who is known as the Apostle to the Gentiles?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
73.
Pontius Pilate
Judas
Thomas
All of the above
None of the above
What happened to the followers of Jesus who were
gathered in an upper room at Pentecost?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
72.
Niddah
Ketubah
Agunah
Shekhinah
Chuppa
Nicaea
Ephesus
Chalcedon
Constantinople
None of the above
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74.
Which of these reformers contributed immensely to
the development of democracy and to the churches we know as Reformed, Presbyterian, and
Congregational?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
75.
The first woman to be ordained to the Christian
ministry in American is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
76.
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Anne Lee
Phoebe Palmer
Frances Willard
Antoinette Brown
The founder of the Shaker movement is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
77.
John Hus
Martin Luther
John Calvin
John Wycliffe
Michael Servetus
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Anne Lee
Phoebe Palmer
Frances Willard
Antoinette Brown
The founder of the Sisters of Charity (the first
American Roman Catholic religious order) and
often called the mother of the Catholic parochial
school system, who was beatified in 1963 is
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Anne Lee
Phoebe Palmer
Frances Willard
Antoinette Brown
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78.
Who wrote The Way of Holiness and Faith and Its
Effects?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
79.
Who graduated from Oberlin College, the first to
admit women to its degree-granting programs?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
80.
Aisha
Fatima
Khadija
Rabi’a
None of the above
Which of the following is Muhammad’s first wife?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Jerusalem
Mecca
Medina
Cairo
None of the above
Which of the following is Muhammad’s daughter?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
82.
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Anne Lee
Phoebe Palmer
Frances Willard
Antoinette Brown
Which is the second most sacred city in Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
81.
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Anne Lee
Phoebe Palmer
Frances Willard
Antoinette Brown
Aisha
Fatima
Khadija
Rabi’a
None of the above
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83.
The name of God in Islam is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
84.
In Islam, the name of their holy book is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
85.
Qur’an
Allah
Muezzin
Minaret
Mosque
What is the purpose of the Qur’an?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Qur’an
Allah
Muezzin
Minaret
Mosque
In Islam, worship takes place in a _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
87.
Qur’an
Allah
Muezzin
Minaret
Mosque
In Islam, the call to prayer is made by a _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
86.
Qur’an
Allah
Muezzin
Minaret
Mosque
To proclaim the oneness and sovereignty of
God
To develop the philosophy and theology of
God
To tell the story of God and God’s people
All of the above
None of the above
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88.
The term used to denote the law in Islam
is _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
89.
The term used to denote holy war in Islam is
_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
90.
Fana
Wilaya
Dhikr/Wird
Shaykh/Pir/Murshid
Qutb
What is the Sufi term for the complete passing
away of the separate individual self to God?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Imam
Mahdi
King
Vizier
Caliph
What is the Sufi term for spiritual teachers and
masters?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
92.
Shirk
Shari’a
Hadith
Jihad
Hajj
The successors to Muhammad are called _______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
91.
Shirk
Shari’a
Hadith
Jihad
Hajj
Fana
Wilaya
Dhikr/Wird
Shaykh/Pir/Murshid
Qutb
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93.
What is the Sufi term for sainthood?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
94.
Which group or person helped topple Shah
Muhammad Pahlavi?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
95.
Ba’ath Party
Wahhabi Sect
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Kemel Ataturk
Ayatollah Khomeini
What is the basic world view in the fundamental
feature of Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Ba’ath Party
Wahhabi Sect
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Kemel Ataturk
Ayatollah Khomeini
Which person or group seeks to combine Arab
nationalism with Qur’anic concern for justice and
fair distribution of goods expressed through modern forms of governmental social activism?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
96.
Fana
Wilaya
Dhikr/Wird
Shaykh/Pir/Murshid
Qutb
It is created by a higher being
All are holy
the world is for humans but under the absolute rule of God.
To worship is to receive
None of the above
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97.
Which of the following were members of the
Nation of Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
98.
Who has maintained today the separatist mentality
of the original Black Muslims and continues to
preach against Judaism?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
99.
Leila Ahmed
Nawal al-Saadawi
Qasin Amin
Rabi’a
Khadijah
Who wrote The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the
Arab World?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
22
Elijah Muhammad
Malcom X
Louis Farrakhan
All of the above
None of the above.
Who wrote The Liberation of the Women?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
100.
Elijah Muhammad
Malcom X
Louis Farrakhan
All of the above
None of the above
Leila Ahmed
Nawal al-Saadawi
Oasin Amin
Rabi’a
None of the above.
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