Introduction To World Religions & Belief System
Introduction To World Religions & Belief System
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Teacher: Mr. Arlou C. Garces Score:
Multiple Choice: Read the questions carefully and write your answer on the space
provided. Erasures and Superimpositions are considered wrong.
_____5. What form of Judaism provided the expected norms for Jewish life from the sixth
century CE until the emergence of modern forms of Judaism in the nineteenth century?
A. Conservative
B. Orthodox
C. Reform
D. Rabbinic
_____7. According to Judaism, the way of life that God gave Israel to follow is embodied in the
A. 1,000 commandments
B. 613 commandments
C. 12 commandments
D. 412 commandments
_____8. The two constellations of events that have shaped modern Judaism above all else are the
A. Enlightenment and the Holocaust/founding of the state of Israel
B. Enlightenment and the Romantic period
C. nineteenth-century immigration to Israel and to the United States
D. the Holocaust and the Romantic period
_____10. Which movement would be most likely to accommodate the most aspects of modern
secular life?
A. Conservative Judaism
B. Orthodox Judaism
C. Reform Judaism
D. Hasidism
_____11. The great founding story from which Judaism draws its identity is the
A. story of the Assyrian Exile
B. story of Adam and Eve
C. story of the Exodus
D. story of King David
_____12. A proper comparison of scriptures would require a comparison of the New Testament
with which Jewish scripture?
A. Tanak
B. Zorah
C. Talmud
D. Torah
_____15. After the destruction of the temple in 70 CE, which one of the following was not a
reason that the Pharisees were able to provide new leadership?
A. they had remained politically neutral and therefore were not a threat to the Romans
B. they were keepers of the written Torah
C. they were keepers of the synagogue tradition
D. they were keepers of the oral Torah
_____16. The king who built the first temple to show that Israel was the greatest nation was
A. Saul
B. David
C. Solomon
D. Abraham
_____17. The Talmud sanctifies what medium of religious experience to get in touch with God?
A. doubt and questioning
B. direct connection such as in a mystical experience
C. esoteric teachings
D. exoteric teachings
_____19 In a break from the elitism of Rabbinic Judaism, Hasidism offered another way for the
average Jew to reach God. That way included
A. prayer and devotion
B. duty to God and community
C. knowledge through study
D. duty to family and community
_____21. Some scholars argue that the ________ of women is a presupposition of Jewish law in
its most central formulations.
A. importance
B. otherness
C. sexuality
D. monogamy
_____23. When Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God (also: kingdom of heaven), he meant
A. The kingdom of ancient Israel described in the Old Testament
B. The independent state Jews in Jesus’ time hoped to create
C. The state of affairs that exists when people live in obedience to God’s
D. The heavenly society of saints and angels
_____25. Between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, most Orthodox Christians outside of
Russia.
A. Lived in the Ottoman Empire, in which the dominant religion was Islam
B. Were forced to follow the dictates of the pope
C. Had complete freedom of religion
D. Recognized the patriarch of Jerusalem as their spiritual leader
_____26. When Christians speak of “grace” they mean God’s
A. Justice
B. Mercy
C. Love
D. Power
_____34. At the end of what century did Christians begin to call Jesus' words Scripture?
A. The first century B.C.E.
B. The first century C.E.
C. The second century C.E.
D. The fifth century C.E.
_____35. Which early Christian group believed in two Gods: the just God of the Old Testament
and the merciful God of Jesus?
A. Gnostics
B. Proto-orthodox Christians
C. Jewish-Christian adoptionists
D. Marcionites
_____37. At the end of what century did Christians begin to call Jesus' words Scripture?
A. The first century B.C.E.
B. The first century C.E.
C. The second century C.E.
D. The fifth century C.E.
_____40. When the Israelites entered Canaan, they carried the Ark of the Covenant across the
_________.
A. Jordan
B. Desert
C. Red Sea
D. Indus