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Humss 111 Second Quarter Exam 2
Humss 111 Second Quarter Exam 2
The Theravada tradition evokes the image of Buddhist teaching as a vehicle that can cross over the
river of suffering.
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a. True
b. False
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Responsible understanding of religious traditions, practices and institutions
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a. Religiousness
b. Religious literacy
c. Religion
d. Spirituality
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The Final prophet and Messenger of God, according to Islamic tradition.
Muhammad
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Religion functions in the promotion of both violence and peace.
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One assumption of the cultural studies approach is that the method is discrete.
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Karma
Answer is the ethical repercussion of every action.
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The Mahayana tradition evokes the image of Buddhist teaching as a vehicle that can cross over the
river of suffering.
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Culture
Answer refers to shared meanings we make from the things we encounter in our
everyday lives.
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Shintoism is the ancient belief system indigenous to Japan.
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b. True
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Methodism was the movement emphasizing the forgiveness of and grace of loving God.
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What is the form of violence that represents the existence of prevailing or prominent social norms
that make direct violence seem natural or right?
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a. Structural violence
b. Cultural violence
c. Behavioral violence
d. Direct violence
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This is conceptualized as a triad with three points of reference: God, Torah and Peoplehood.
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a. Buddhism
b. Judaism
c. Shinto
d. Confucianism
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The widespread genocide of Jews during the World War II.
Holocaust
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There is one God the Creator who communicates to people through prophets and revelation
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a. Hinduism
b. Christianity
c. Islam
d. Judaism
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The assumption/s of cultural studies approach in understanding religion is/are
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Analects or “digested conversations”
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a. Buddhism
b. Confucianism
c. Judaism
d. Shinto
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Christians believe that the common ancestor of humankind is Abraham and his wife Sarah.
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a. False
b. True
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The presumptions of religious literacy is/are
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a. Religion, being socially constructed is malleable to changes.
b. Religion is static and isolated from historical and cultural movements.
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Cultura
Answer are the practices and processes of making meanings with and from texts we
encounter in our everyday lives.
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Violenc
Answer is any act of threatening one’s life or any act causing danger and harm; can be
of 3 forms: direct, structural, and cultural
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The Vajrayana tradition is more flexible about the orthodoxy of scriptures.
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Tao
Answer is a universal principle that underlies everything from the creation of galaxies to
the interaction of human beings.
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The Quran originally functioned as an oral scripture that was meant to be recited, heard and
experienced.
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b. True
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Our minds and hearts house our inherent tendency towards moral goodness.
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“Hinduness” is associated with Indian nationhood.
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b. True
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Cultural studies primarily concerns in the following except
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Which of the following definitions pertain to Cultural Studies?
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a. an ensemble of beliefs and practices that function as a pervasive technology of control
b. a typical widespread practice, procedure or custom
c. a personal set of or institutionalized system of religious beliefs, attitudes and practices
d. the practices and processes of making meanings with and from texts we encounter in our
everyday lives
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The Son of God, according to Christian tradition.
Jesus
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A central theme of Taoism is that of non-mind.
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b. False
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In Arabic, the word islam means submission.
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b. True
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Monasticism was the movement emphasizing the forgiveness of and grace of loving God.
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b. False
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If rulers follow the Dao then their states will be well ordered and in natural harmony.
Minimal governing
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The Creation goes through cycles of existence and dissolution.
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a. Christianity
b. Judaism
c. Islam
d. Hinduism
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Peace
Answer is not merely the absence of war but also freedom from disturbing thoughts or
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Veda
Answer is the sacred text of Hinduism, according to Hindu tradition.
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A religious literate person needs to understand the following except
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a. the diversity of religious beliefs, traditions and institutions among and within religions
b. understand the historical and cultural contexts that shaped religions
c. the interactions of socio-political and religious aspects of life
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Religiou
Answer is the responsible understanding of religious beliefs, practices, traditions and
institutions.
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The idea of “many and the One” with which worship of diverse manifests One Ultimate
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a. Hinduism
b. Judaism
c. Islam
d. Christianity
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The central and essential function of religion
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a. Religion
b. Religious literacy
c. Spirituality
d. Religiousness
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It has two major streams of tradition namely Theravada and Mahayana
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a. Shinto
b. Buddhism
c. Taoism
d. Confucianism
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Its common themes are ritual conduct, humanity, filial obedience and good governing
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a. Confucianism
b. Shinto
c. Buddhism
d. Taoism
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The Rabbinic texts include ritual sacrifices with offerings made to a wide array of deities.
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b. True
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The Dao De Jing repeatedly refers to the Tao as the father of everything.
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The belief in many gods.
Polytheism
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Theology is the academic study of religious beliefs, behaviors and institutions.
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a. False
b. True
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All things eventually decay and return to their ultimate source within the Dao.
Return
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Judaism is conceptualized as a triad with three points of reference namely:
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Jews believe that the common ancestor of humankind is Abraham and his wife Sarah.
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The movement in which Jews should be eliminated from the society.
Anti-semitism
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