17 Jan Would lead to harmonious society.

Question 1

The belief that everything in the universe is divine is called:

Monotheism

Omnitheism

Pantheism

Animism

Question 2

The belief that reality is made of two different principles is called:

Monism

Dualism

Polytheism

Animism

Question 3

An analytical approach that does not seek to find universal structures that might underlie language, mental processes, mythologies, kinship, and religions, and instead focuses on individual elements in cultural phenomena is:

Deconstruction

Structuralism

Post-structuralism

Dualism

Question 4

The insider’s view, which is informed by the beliefs and practices of those people who are practitioners of a given religious tradition, is:

Etic

Emic

Monism

Dualism

Question 5

The elephant-headed son of Shiva, who has become a symbol of strength and abundance, is:

Vishnu

Shakti

Ganesha

Hanuman

Question 6

The spiritual essence of all human beings is called:

Brahman

Atman

Moksha

Anatman

Question 7

Which of the following is not one of the 5 castes of India?

Brahmin

Kshatriya

Sannyasin

Shudra

Question 8

The ideas of Mohandas Gandhi had a great influence on which 20th century activist?

Malcolm X

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cesar Chavez

Harvey Milk

Question 9

Ritual offerings in honor of a deity are called:

Puja

Yoga

Renunciation

Caste

Question 10

The spiritual discipline of devotion to a deity or a teacher is called:

Karma yoga

Bhakti yoga

Jnana yoga

Raja yoga

Question 11

The “royal” discipline of meditation is called:

Karma yoga

Bhakti yoga

Jnana yoga

Raja yoga

Question 12

The Buddha of the Western Paradise is called:

Maitreya

Amitabha

Guanyin

Shakyamuni

Question 13

This term literally means impermanence:

Anatta

Anicha

Bodhi

Satori

Question 14

A question, employed in Zen Buddhism, that cannot be answered logically is called a:

Koan

Haiku

Stupa

Sutra

Question 15

A person who has practiced monastic disciplines, achieving the ideal of entering nirvana, is called:

Bodhisattva

Arhat

Buddha

Lama

Question 16

Which of the following is not one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism?

Dharma

Sangha

Bodhi

Buddha

Question 17

A book of sayings attributed to Confucius and his early disciples is the:

Yijing

Analects

Daodejing

Zhuangzi

Question 18

The active aspect of reality that expresses itself in speech, light, and heat is called:

Yin

Yang

Dao

Wu wei

Question 19

Doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally is called:

Ren

Li

Wu wei

Yang

Question 20

Confucius believed that the virtues:

Would lead to harmonious society.

Must be learned and nurtured.

Defined a noble person.

All of the above.

Question 21

Compare and contrast a psychological view of religion (Freud, Jung, or James) with a sociological point of view (Durkheim or Levi-Strauss). Defend one of the two theories you selected as a better explanation for the origin of religions.

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