REL 101 / REL101 Graded Exam 1 latest (2022) 100%

Question 1 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Started on Saturday, January 8, 2022, 12:22 PM State Finished Completed on Saturday, January 8, 2022, 12:33 PM Time taken 11 mins 40 secs Grade 115.00 out of 125.00 (92%) Feedback You’re off to a good start. A course grade of 70% is required to request a transcript. You’ve met that for the ¦rst exam already, but if you want to reattempt for a higher grade you can retake this assessment. Study hard for each exam, and consider using tutoring anytime you get stuck. Remember that 10 hours of tutoring are provided to you through your StraighterLine membership. The disciple of Freud who ultimately rebelled against him was Select one: a. Carl Jung. b. Wilhelm Schmidt. c. Rudolf Otto. d. Clifford Geertz.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 2 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 3 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 4 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 The approach that especially makes use of reason to ¦nd answers to religious questions is Select one: a. psychology. b. mythology. c. philosophy. d. anthropology. Belief in many gods is called Select one: a. polytheism. b. monotheism. c. agnosticism. d. atheism. In religious studies, the word myth means Select one: a. a story that is historically true. b. a story that is historically untrue. c. a story to explain that explains the unexplainable. d. a story that is found in similar form in many religions.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 5 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 6 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 7 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 That area of investigation that looks for and interprets religious evidence in ancient sites, buildings, and objects is Select one: a. anthropology. b. mythology. c. sociology. d. archaeology. The French thinker who sought to go behind and beyond ordinary interpretations, to in essence "deconstruct" texts and other phenomena in search of fresh ways of seeing, was Select one: a. Foucault. b. Derrida. c. Lévi-Strauss. d. Durkheim. The analytical approach that carefully investigates individual elements in cultural phenomena, rejecting the quest for universal structures that might undergird language or religion, is Select one: a. structuralism. b. existentialism. c. post-structuralism. d. linguistics.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 8 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 9 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 10 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 A mystical orientation in religion is characterized by Select one: a. an emphasis on mysterious happenings. b. the seeking of a union with something greater than oneself. c. the extensive use of holy water and statues. d. a belief in alien origins of life forms. One religion that particularly values and makes use of silence is Select one: a. Shinto. b. Judaism. c. Zen Buddhism. d. Islam. A sacramental orientation in religion is characterized by Select one: a. daily prayer. b. the use of silent meditation. c. the extensive use of bells and powders. d. a belief that certain rituals and ceremonies help one achieve salvation.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 11 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 12 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 13 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 A Dutch Reformed Church clergyman left his religious calling for painting. The artist's name was Select one: a. Pierre Bonnard. b. Vincent van Gogh. c. Rosa Bonheur. d. Claude Monet. To "atone" means Select one: a. to bring harmony between the human and divine. b. to eat food that has been ritually offered on an altar. c. to consult spirits, usually through a shaman. d. to pour out a liquid as an offering to a god or ancestor. The calumet is a Select one: a. pipe. b. drum. c. mask. d. sand painting.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 14 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 15 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 16 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Sacred time tends to focus on the Select one: a. distant future. b. immediate future. c. present. d. distant past. Hehaka Sapa, also known as Black Elk, saw the circle as Select one: a. a form in which many elements of nature arrange themselves and show similar origin. b. a special form of the calumet. c. evidence that man must dominate nature. d. taboo for the people of Easter Island. Indigenous religions today are especially threatened by Select one: a. destruction of habitat. b. ecotourism. c. resistance to the spread of television. d. the weakness of the logging industry.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 17 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 18 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 19 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 A libation involves Select one: a. the pouring of a liquid on the ground as an offering. b. the shaman's ability to §y through the air. c. the forbidding of incest and marriage among close relatives. d. vivid dreams and visions. Christmas, though a Christian holy day, began as a celebration of Select one: a. the old English goddess of dawn. b. the winter solstice. c. Samhain in Ireland. d. the return of ancestral spirits to the world. Biophilia refers to Select one: a. the study of biology. b. a love of all forms of life. c. a method for studying indigenous religions. d. a kind of hula.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 20 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 21 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 22 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 When was the Bhagavad Gita written? Select one: a. B.C.E. b. 1000-800 B.C.E. c. 400 B.C.E.-400 C.E. d. 700-900 C.E. Facts lending support to the "Aryan invasion theory" include Select one: a. the advanced ancient civilization discovered in the ruins found in the Indus River valley. b. ancient seals showing someone seated in a yogic meditation posture. c. ancient Sanskrit's relation to Greek and Latin. d. important concepts found in the Upanishads. Krishna is considered an incarnation of Select one: a. Shiva. b. Durga. c. Vishnu. d. Kali.1/8/22, 11:34 AM Graded Exam 1 Question 23 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 24 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 25 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 A mantra is a Select one: a. sacred painting. b. form of meditation. c. breath exercise. d. short chant. A major city of the pre-Vedic culture of the Indus River Valley was Select one: a. Harappa. b. Benares. c. Madras. d. Pataliputra. The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily Select one: a. devotion to deities. b. the practice of meditation. c. breathing exercises. d. the study of ancient religious texts.