World Religions Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other significant faith traditions. Students will explore the historical development, core beliefs, practices, sacred texts, and cultural impacts of each religion. Through comparative analysis and critical discussion, the course encourages a deeper understanding of religious diversity and its influence on societies past and present. Emphasis is placed on fostering respect for different worldviews and examining the role of religion in shaping ethical, social, and political issues globally.
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Religions of the World 13th Edition by
Lewis M. Hopfe
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Chapter 1: Native American Religions
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Q1) The Wintu tale in the text details
A) the Europeans' irreverence when it came to the natural world.
B) how the Europeans brought disease to America.
C) Native Americans' plans to keep away from white people.
D) Native Americans' plans to begin a war with Europeans.
Answer: A
Q2) Why is peyote a part of some Native American religious ceremonies?
A) because of its profound sensory and psychic experiences
B) because of its anti-anxiety properties
C) because of its ability to be inhaled easily
D) because the High God requires that it be used
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is true of Native American religious leadership?
A) Only priests are allowed to perform rites and rituals.
B) There is rampant use of sacrifice.
C) Native American religions do not have a priesthood.
D) Only women are allowed to perform rites and rituals.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: African Religions
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Q1) In Ethiopia, a branch of this religion exists among the Falasha people.
A) Catholicism
B) Muslim
C) Judaism
D) Hinduism
Answer: C
Q2) According to traditional African belief, illness, misfortune, and death
A)happen by accident.
B) are illusions that ultimately have no reality.
C) are signs that the High God is unhappy with one's moral decisions.
D) are likely caused by witchcraft or some kind of foul play.
Answer: D
Q3) Among the curers of the Acholi of Uganda, jok and ajwaka are terms for
A) the evil spirits and the healer.
B) the divination of the illness and the diviner.
C) the illness and the herbal remedy.
D) the curse and the blessing.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Hinduism
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Q1) This follower of non-dualistic Vedanta and a priest of Kali in Calcutta is known as perhaps the greatest religious reformer of the nineteenth century.
A) Narendranath Dutt
B) Mohandas K. Gandhi
C) Sri Ramakrishna
D) Vivekananda
Answer: C
Q2) The emergence of this religion in the fifteenth century represented an attempt at reconciliation between Islam and Hinduism.
A) Buddhism
B) Zoroastrianism
C) Sikhism
D) Greek Orthodoxy
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Buddhism
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Q1) Recount the life story of Gautama and discuss the relationship between the events of his life and the teachings he came to profess.
Q2) For Theravada Buddhists, one of the most important ways of making merit is to offer food to A) strangers. B) children.
C) the poor. D) monks.
Q3) A human being who has discovered the path to Nirvana through his or her own efforts is called a A) monk. B) Buddha.
C) prophet. D) sangha.
Q4) Describe the development of Buddhism from the third century B.C.E. to the present. Where did it originate and how did it change and spread?
Q5) What is the basic religious belief common to all forms of Buddhism? How does it compare to basic Hindu religious beliefs?
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Chapter 5: Sikhism
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Q1) Why don't the Sikhs have an elaborate calendar or set of festivals?
A) Their religious practice is extremely simple.
B) They were instructed by Nanak not to celebrate.
C) They are now more of a group of warriors than religious practitioners.
D) They don't like festivals.
Q2) Sikhs refer to their God as A) Allah.
B) Jehovah.
C) The True Name.
D) Father God.
Q3) This group of Sikhs, known as the Khalsa, were A) warriors.
B) environmentalists.
C) pacifists.
D) priests.
Q4) Describe the careers of Kabir, Nanak, Arjan Dev, and Gobind Singh and explain why each is an essential figure in the history of Sikhism.
Q5) Discuss three religious concepts that Sikhism retained from Hinduism and relate those to the strict monotheism retained from Islam.
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Chapter 6: Jainism
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Q1) Why did the Jains separate into two sects by 80 B.C.E., sects that still exist today?
A) They separated because of a land dispute.
B) They separated because they disagreed over what it meant to be a true Jain.
C) They separated over a dispute involving the leadership of the religion.
D) They separated over a dispute involving the role of children in the religion.
Q2) The philosophical worldview of Jainism can be described as
A) monistic.
B) polytheistic.
C) dualistic.
D) singular.
Q3) Why are Jains one of the wealthiest classes in India?
A) because they control the banking industry
B) because of prohibitions on professions that take a life or profit from slaughter are prohibited, they've had to turn to commercial professions
C) because their asceticism encourages them to save their money
D) because they own large tracts of land in India
Q4) What are the five vows Jain monks take to guide their lives? Explain the reason for each vow and how it represents the ideal life of a Jain.
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Chapter 7: Chinese Religions
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Q1) This core Daoist principle can be translated as "non-action" or "effortlessness."
A) wu wei
B) Li-poh-yang
C) Shangdi
D) yinyang
Q2) Which of the following is a traditional Chinese holiday?
A) All Saints Day
B) Purification Festival
C) Yinyang Festival
D) All Souls' Day
Q3) In early April, Chinese people celebrate this holiday that involves the ancestors as well as ritual baths and the building of new fires.
A) The Dragon Boat Festival
B) All Souls' Day
C) Pure and Bright Festival
D) Chinese New Year
Q4) Discuss the three schools that rivaled the early Daoists and give a brief explanation of their basic tenets. Did they survive? Why or why not?
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Chapter 8: Shinto
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Q1) In the Constitution of 1889, Japan decided
A) to outlaw all other religious practice besides Shinto.
B) to allow the practice of Buddhism in addition to Shinto.
C) that in addition to Shinto, other religions would be allowed to exist.
D) to ban all religious practice in the country.
Q2) Which of the following was a threat to the future of Shinto after World War II?
A) stagnant industrialization.
B) a renewed interest in Buddhism by the Japanese.
C) a renewed interest in Islam by the Japanese.
D) rapid industrialization.
Q3) Which of the following is true of Japan?
A) It is among the youngest cultures of all Asian nations.
B) The actual recorded history of Japanese worship dates back to prehistoric times.
C) The Japanese became known to other nations around the first century C.E.
D) The Japanese began to keep historical records in the sixteenth century C.E.
Q4) Discuss the emergence of the samurai during the Tokugawa era as well as the warrior code of the Bushido. Summarize Bushido's categories for behavior.
Q5) What are the three forms of Shinto and how are they similar? Different?
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Chapter 9: Judaism
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Q1) When the criminal enormity of the Holocaust was made public during the Nuremberg trials, it was one of the primary causes of
A) increased immigration to the United States.
B) the rebuilding of the synagogues throughout Europe.
C) the development of Israel as a nation.
D) restitution and restoration for the victims and their families.
Q2) In the worship practices of the ancient Israelites, the custom of keeping the Sabbath is attached to
A) the commands given to Moses.
B) the covenant made with God.
C) the days of creation.
D) the escape from the bonds of slavery.
Q3) The peace treaty between Palestine and this country as well as the establishment of the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank and Gaza Strip was the first step in resolving the displacement of refugees.
A) Lebanon
B) Israel
C) Iran
D) Iraq
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Chapter 10: Christianity
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Q1) What are the earliest writings in the New Testament?
A) Gospels
B) Apocrypha
C) Letters
D) Hymns
Q2) To what extent does Christianity owe its theological debts to Judaism? To what extent is it different from Judaism?
Q3) In the early days of Christianity, which city exercised leadership over the church?
A) Bethlehem
B) Antioch
C) Rome
D) Jerusalem
Q4) In 1378, the Avignon cardinals elected this new pope who restored the papacy to Rome.
A) Innocent
B) Urban VI
C) Leo
D) John XXIII
Q5) Is Jesus a historical or spiritual figure? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 11: Islam
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Q1) This traditional celebration occurs on the twelfth day of the third month.
A) New Year
B) Feast of Sacrifice
C) Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad
D) Feast of Fast-Breaking
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning the origins of Islam?
A) Its origins were only influenced by Byzantine Christianity.
B) Its origins were only influenced by Judaism.
C) The Arabian people had been exposed to various religions for centuries and were influenced by them.
D) Islam sprang out of a religious vacuum.
Q3) Many Africans turned to Islam as a response to
A) slavery.
B) colonialism.
C) Judaism.
D) Arab invasion.
Q4) Describe in detail the set of religious observances known as the Five Pillars of Islam and their importance in Islam.
Q5) In what sense is Islam a fatalistic religion? In what sense is it not?
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Chapter 12: Bahai
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Q1) According to Baha'i belief, evil is
A) nonexistent.
B) fated to destroy humanity.
C) embodied in all organized religions.
D) to be worshiped as an emanation from God.
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning Baha'i worship?
A) It is very similar to many other religions.
B) Services are held usually in temples with domed roofs and nine sides.
C) There is often no special clergy to conduct the worship.
D) Worship tends to be elaborate.
Q3) The Baha'i calendar is made up of
A) ten months.
B) fifteen months.
C) sixteen months.
D) nineteen months.
Q4) In 1979, what was the result for Baha'is of the Islamic Revolution in Iran?
A) Baha'i became the official religion of Iran.
B) Baha'i became second to Shi'ite Islam practice.
C) Baha'i was officially outlawed.
D) There was no change in the status of Baha'i as a religious practice.
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