RELI448 Week 2 Quiz Latest 2017 March

1. Question :

(TCO 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. Question :

(TCO 1) The Way of Action 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. Question :

(TCO 2) This author believed that religion arises from psychological needs:

: Ludwig Feuerbach

William James

Blaise Pascal

Rudolf Otto

Question 4. Question :

(TCO 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. Question :

(TCO 8) The word "maya" means:

liberation.

the moral law of cause and effect.

reincarnation.

illusion.

Question 6. Question :

(TCO 9) The Upanishads are:

about 100 written works that discuss the nature of spiritual reality.

sacred diagrams used in meditation.

the seven centers of spiritual energy in the body.

poems by Rabindranath Tagore.

Question 7. Question :

(TCO 8) 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. Question :

(TCO 8) A Puja is:

an object held in the hand during worship.

a devotional ritual.

a sacred dance.

a special powder placed on the images of deities.

Question 9. Question :

(TCO 10) Ahimsa is the policy of:

nonlying.

nonstealing.

nonviolence.

nonattachment.