DeVry reli448 WEEK 2 quiz latest 2017 october

WEEK 2 quiz

Question 1 Among many reasons, religions exist to help people:

deal with the certainty of death.

find ways to express themselves in art.

select careers that are socially redeeming.

have valuable texts to study.

Question 2 The Way of Devotion is characterized by:

a strong emphasis on faith.

an intense personal relationship to the deity.

a practical approach that emphasizes traditional prayers and rituals.

some form of meditation practice.

Question 3 This author made an important distinction between personal religious experience and institutional religion:

Ludwig Feuerbach

William James

Blaise Pascal

Rudolf Otto

Question 4 The early anthropologist who saw religion as rooted in a belief in spirits and worship of them was:

E. B. Taylor.

James Frazer.

Sigmund Freud.

Carl G. Jung.

Question 5 The word "samsara" means:

liberation.

the moral law of cause and effect.

reincarnation.

illusion.

Question 6 The Bhagavad Gita is part of a long poem called:

The Iliad.

The Puranas.

Rig Veda.

Mahabharata.

Question 7 Bhakti yoga is:

the path to God through knowledge.

the path to God through loving devotion.

the path to God through work.

the path to God through meditation.

Question 8 In Hinduism, dharma refers to:

postures used in meditation.

one's social duty.

a style of drumming.

faith in a teacher.

Question 9 Mahavira and the other figures associated with the establishment of Jainism are called Tirthankaras, which means:

noble ones.

crossing makers.

conquerors.

enlightened.