RE-HUMSS2111

INTRODUCTION TO
WORLD RELIGION
KUYA MACKY
1.A new movement to reform the corrupt practices within the Catholic Church.

The correct answer is: Catholic Reformation

2.In which of these situations was religious literacy applied?

The correct answer is: A store clerk who let a Muslim customer purchase despite the
manager’s order to block Muslims from their store after bombing happened in their
community.

3.A study of religion in a devotional perspective presumes religious legitimacy of knowledge

claims.

The correct answer is: False

4.One assumption of the cultural studies approach is that the method is discrete.

The correct answer is: False

5.A movement to return the era of the First Muslim Community.

The correct answer is: Pentecostalism

6.Religion functions in the promotion of both violence and peace.

The correct answer is: True

7.One assumption of the cultural studies approach is that the method is discrete.

The correct answer is: False

8.True or False: Galtung’s typologies of violence present the idea of violence being inevitable.

The correct answer is: False

9.Matching Type

The correct answer is:

 Conflict in which achieving a positive goal will produce a negative outcome as well.

→ Stress,
  Conflict in which the individual must choose between two positive goals of
approximately equal value.

→ Avoidance-avoidance conflict,

 Conflict in which individual must choose between two negative outcomes of

approximately equal value.

→ E. Multiple approach-avoidance conflict,

 This requires the individual to choose between alternatives that contain both
positive and negative consequences

→ Approach-approach conflict,

 This can be thought of as any event that strains or exceeds an individual’s ability to
cope.

→ Approach-avoidance conflict

10.The members of the LGBT community being deprived of certain civil rights is a clear
manifestation of

The correct answer is: Structural Violence

11.Theology is the academic study of religious beliefs, behaviors and institutions.

The correct answer is: False

12.Which is the best definition of Islamophobia?

The correct answer is: The dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a
political force

13.True or False: The Theravada tradition sees Shakyamuni Buddha as central.

The correct answer is: True

14.Muslims claim that Muhammad is only a messenger and not a divine being.

The correct answer is: True

15.Which is the best explanation to why radical Muslims commit acts of terrorism?

The correct answer is: These acts are both political and religious. They are political responses
to the atrocities of Western governments towards Muslim countries and are also seen by
those who commit them as expressions of faith.

16.Match Type

The correct answer is:

 These are tactics that the ego uses to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting
reality.

→ D. Ego,
  This is the harsh internal judge of our behavior. It is reflected in what we often call
conscience and evaluates the morality of our behavior.

→ Id,

 It consists of unconscious drives and is the individual’s reservoir of sexual energy. It

works for the pleasure principle.

→ Superego,

 This is Jung’s name for the impersonal, deepest layer of the unconscious mind,
shared by all human beings because of their common ancestral past.

→ Defense Mechanisms,

 This is the Freudian structure of personality that deals with the demands of reality. It
abides by reali

→ Collective unconscious

17.Geography has a great impact on religion and religious beliefs.

The correct answer is: True

18.Relativism presumes that all knowledge claims are equally valid.

The correct answer is: True

19.A Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the
Christian community

The correct answer is: Baptism

20.The ideal religious figure in the Mahayana tradition

The correct answer is: Bodhisattva

21.Kabbalah represents the repeated exile of the Jewish people.

The correct answer is: False

22.The assumptions of the cultural studies approach in understanding religion are the
following except

The correct answer is: Culture norms represent uncontested absolute, universal truths

23.Muslims claim that Muhammad is only a messenger and not a divine being.

The correct answer is: False

24.To be completely unbiased in understanding world religions may not be achieved in

reality, what then can be the best attribute of a religious literate person?
The correct answer is: Can be biased towards his/her own religion but should be open and
sincere in understanding other religions

25.A nonsectarian perspective in understanding religion fosters religious literacy.

The correct answer is: True

26.A religious literate person needs to understand the following except:

The correct answer is: the truth about God and the ways to be saved

27.Religions are internally diverse.

The correct answer is: True

28.Matching Type

The correct answer is:

 Evolutionary Model

→ State of tension,

 Drives

→ Positive feedback,

 Emotion

→ Self-actualization,

 Organizational Support

→ j. Autonomy,

 Two-factor theory of Emotion

→ food,

 Motivation

→ explain why people do what they do,

 Intrinsic Motivation

→ Care about your well-being,

 Extrinsic Motivators

→ Changes in conscious experience,

 Hierarchical Model

→ physiological arousal occurs first,

 Needs

→ Goals
29.Jews believe that the words of their sacred book were originally revealed by the Angel
Gabriel.

The correct answer is: False

30.Select the Best Answer

The correct answer is:

 Motivated behavior as being pulled by the incentive or goal; the larger or more
powerful the incentive, the stronger the pull

→ Optimum Level Theories,

 Theory that views motivated behavior as directed toward the reduction of a

physiological need.

→ James-Lange Theory,

 We are motivated to achieve a psychological state in which our beliefs and

behaviors are consistent because inconsistency between beliefs & behaviors is
unpleasant.

→ Cognitive-consistency theories,

 The body functions best at a specific level of arousal, which varies from one
individual to another

→ Incentive Theory,

 Changes occur before the emotion and actually create the feelings we label as an
emotion

→ Drive-reduction theory

31.Religions evolve through time and across places

The correct answer is: True

32.Massive structural violence is still evident today but now labeled as

The correct answer is: Discrimination

33.The ideal spiritual model of Theravada Buddhism who attains nirvana and have perfected
their discipline such that defilements and desires are extinguished

The correct answer is: Arahants

34.Culture is defined by Storey as

The correct answer is: shared meanings we make and encounter in our everyday lives

35.Muslims generally consider translations of Quran to different languages to be

interpretations and not the Quran itself.
The correct answer is: True

36.True or False: The Theravada tradition is more flexible about the orthodoxy of scriptures.

The correct answer is: False

37.Matching Type

The correct answer is:

The tendency to worry and experience negative emotions. → Agreeableness,

This is related to altruism and generosity, to reports of religious faith and to more satisfying
romantic relationships. → Conscientiousness, .

It is a key factor in a variety of life domains. Researchers have found that it is positively
related to high school and college student’s grade point averages, is organized, careful and
disciplined. → Openness to Experience, .

This is related to altruism and generosity, to reports of religious faith and to more satisfying
romantic relationships. → Extraversion,

This is characterized more likely than others to engage in social activities, experience
gratitude, strong sense of meaning in life, and are more forgiving. → Neuroticism

38.In what way/s is Christianity similar to Judaism?

The correct answer is: the belief in one God as the Creator and the Divine Ruler

39.What is the main difference between a theologian and religious scholar?

The correct answer is: A theologian is biased toward a particular faith; a religious scholar is
expected to be objective in understanding world religions

40.Matching Type

The correct answer is:

 According ___________self-actualization is the motivation to develop one’s full

potential as human being. A person at this optimal level of existence would be tolerant
of others, have a gentle sense of humor, and be likely to pursue the greater good.

→ Carl Rogers,

 He concluded that archetypes emerge in art, literature, religion and dreams

→ Karen Horney,

 He is referred to as the father of American personality psychology.

→ Abraham Maslow,
  He believed that we are all born with the raw ingredients of a fulfilling life – we
simply need the right condition to thrive. Each person is born with natural capacities
for growth and fulfillment.

→ Carl Jung,

 She believed that the need for security, not for sex, is the prime motive of human
existence.

→ Gordon Allport

41.In Arabic, the word islam means called out.

The correct answer is: False

42.The Buddhist tradition which regards itself as the most faithful to the teachings that have
been passed down through the generations

The correct answer is: Theravada

43.The members of the LGBT community being viewed as ‘immoral’ by some Christians is a
clear manifestation of

The correct answer is: Cultural Violence

44.Apartheid in South Africa

The correct answer is: Structural Violence

45.An Islamic stream of interpretation emphasizing the interior path of mystical love and
knowledge of God.

The correct answer is: Sufism

46.The type of violence that represents the systematic ways in which some groups are
hindered from equal access to opportunities, goods and services that enable the fulfillment
of basic human needs

The correct answer is: Structural Violence

47.Which of the following is/are not included in the five precepts at the foundation of all
morality?

The correct answer is: Not cheating

48.Monasticism was the movement emphasizing the forgiveness of and grace of loving God.

The correct answer is: False

49.You had seen your friend’s post in facebook about how he hates all Muslims because they
are all terrorists. What will you do as a religious literate person?

The correct answer is: Tell him to stop generalizing. Though Muslim fundamentalists were
behind in recent terrorist attacks, not all Muslims are Muslim fundamentalists.

50.Religious studies concerns the

The correct answer is: understanding other religious beliefs, traditions and institutions in a
scientific approach

51.Which of the following statements about religion in the 21st century is true?

The correct answer is: The influences of religions in human society remain potent in the 21st
century.

52.Religious traditions and practices of sect/branches within a religion are uniform

The correct answer is: False

53.An energetic devotional reform movement, emphasizing the forgiveness and grace of a
loving God

The correct answer is: Methodism

54.True or False: The nature of method of cultural studies approach to religion is multi and
inter-disciplinary.

The correct answer is: True

55.Which of the statements is true about religion?

The correct answer is: It is shaped by historical movements and cultural contexts.

56.What is one possible explanation of why most victims of Muslim hate crimes are women?

The correct answer is: Most women are vulnerable to violent attacks and their Muslim
identity is more obvious because they wear a headdress.

57.The Buddhist tradition which regards itself as “great” both in its interpretations of the
Buddha’s teaching and in its openness to a broader group of people, especially lay people

The correct answer is: Mahayana

58.Muslims claim that Muhammad is the final prophet of God.

The correct answer is: True

59.Why are Muslim families in France facing difficulties after the Paris attacks?

The correct answer is: Children face discrimination in schools and in their communities
60.What action/s shall be provided to attain religious literacy in a national scale?

The correct answers are: Include a curriculum on World Religions from a nonsectarian
perspective in public education, Enforce the law protecting victims of hate crimes and
violence against religious sectors

61.The phrases, “Buddhists encourages internal peace.” or “Islam encourages violence.” are
problematic and even wrong. Why?

The correct answer is: No generalizations can be made because of the vast diversity of beliefs
and interpretations of sect/branches within a religion

62.Cultural studies primarily concerns in the following except

The correct answer is: Understanding about ritual practices and what scriptures say

63.True or False: The recognition that all knowledge claims are situated is a manifestation of
relativism whereby all interpretations are considered to be equally valid.

The correct answer is: False

64.True or False: Terrorist attacks are not part of Islam.

The correct answer is: False. Radical Muslims committed terrorist attacks. They may not
represent classical Islam or Islam in its entirety buy they show how religions are interpreted
and reinterpreted in different time and space contexts.

65.Match Type

The correct answer is:

 The emotional nature of stressful events is lessened at times by reducing it to cold

logic.

→ B. Repression,

 The person expresses an unconscious wish in a socially valued way, such as a

boxer who channeled his aggressive drive in the ring.

→ Sublimation,

 This defense mechanism involves directing unacceptable impulses at a less

threatening target.

→ Intellectualization,

 It is the most powerful and pervasive defense mechanism. It pushes unacceptable

id impulses back into the unconscious mind.

→ Displacement,
  This is the most primitive defense mechanism, in which the ego simply refuses to
acknowledge anxiety- producing realities.

→ Denial

66.Religion and culture are inseparable.

The correct answer is: True

67.Kabbalah represents the repeated exile of the Jewish people.

The correct answer is: False