RBS Exam 3/Questions and
Answers/Verified
Aeromacy - -Reading ripples in water
-Astragalomancy - -Casting bones and reading how they fall
-Augury - -Watching and reading the flight of birds
-Botanomancy - -Reading how leaves blow
-Geomancy - -Reading cracks in dried mud
-Haruspication - -Reading entrails of sacrificed animals
-Kleromancy - -Casting lots
-Necromancy - -Communicating with the dead
-Oneiromancy - -Interpreting dreams
-Palmistry - -Reading lines in a person's hand
-Form - -Signifier
-Mental Image/concept - -Signification
-Reality that is referenced/indicated - -Signified
-Signs that resemble the reality they represent - -Icons
-Anything that people use to refer to realities in the real world - -
Symbols
-Signs that indicate directly that existence of something else - -Indexes
-Footprint is an example of - -Indexes
-Photograph is an example of - -Icons
-"Rodent" is an example of - -Symbols
-Multivocality - -The condition of belonging to more than one cognitive
domain
-In chapter 10, the general conception that personal spiritual beings
can influence and possess parts of nature, animals, or human beings is
called - -Animation
, -The transformation of life into other forms by magic and sorcery is
called - -Metamorphosis
-Invasion of a being by foreign spirits for the purposes of coercion,
healing, or divination is called - -Possession
-Most common animistic view of god is that God is - -A remote
withdrawn creator
-The God of the Bible is described as - -A personal God who desires the
total allegiance of his people
-In folk Islam, the name of created beings that are lower than angels
but higher than human beings and cause illness, convulsions, seizures,
madness, and epidemics, is - -Jinn
-Animists tend to follow - -Whatever power whether personal or
impersonal that works
-Animists would never deny God but would - -Seek other powers in
addition to him
-According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, worship is - -The Christian response
to creator God, encounter is the Christian response to all spiritual beings
who seek to usurp the place of God
-According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, the two types of encounter are - -
Truth and power
-Fate - -Cautious living
-Astrology - -Live by the stars
-Bad luck - -Protective amulets, caution
-Magic is countered by - -Countermagic
-Pollution - -Purification
-Violation of a taboo - -Restitution and cleansing
-Object intrusion - -Object removal
-Biological and physical disorder - -Herbs, medicines, and surgery
-When humans face adversity - -We choose a belief system to explain
the adversity
Answers/Verified
Aeromacy - -Reading ripples in water
-Astragalomancy - -Casting bones and reading how they fall
-Augury - -Watching and reading the flight of birds
-Botanomancy - -Reading how leaves blow
-Geomancy - -Reading cracks in dried mud
-Haruspication - -Reading entrails of sacrificed animals
-Kleromancy - -Casting lots
-Necromancy - -Communicating with the dead
-Oneiromancy - -Interpreting dreams
-Palmistry - -Reading lines in a person's hand
-Form - -Signifier
-Mental Image/concept - -Signification
-Reality that is referenced/indicated - -Signified
-Signs that resemble the reality they represent - -Icons
-Anything that people use to refer to realities in the real world - -
Symbols
-Signs that indicate directly that existence of something else - -Indexes
-Footprint is an example of - -Indexes
-Photograph is an example of - -Icons
-"Rodent" is an example of - -Symbols
-Multivocality - -The condition of belonging to more than one cognitive
domain
-In chapter 10, the general conception that personal spiritual beings
can influence and possess parts of nature, animals, or human beings is
called - -Animation
, -The transformation of life into other forms by magic and sorcery is
called - -Metamorphosis
-Invasion of a being by foreign spirits for the purposes of coercion,
healing, or divination is called - -Possession
-Most common animistic view of god is that God is - -A remote
withdrawn creator
-The God of the Bible is described as - -A personal God who desires the
total allegiance of his people
-In folk Islam, the name of created beings that are lower than angels
but higher than human beings and cause illness, convulsions, seizures,
madness, and epidemics, is - -Jinn
-Animists tend to follow - -Whatever power whether personal or
impersonal that works
-Animists would never deny God but would - -Seek other powers in
addition to him
-According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, worship is - -The Christian response
to creator God, encounter is the Christian response to all spiritual beings
who seek to usurp the place of God
-According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, the two types of encounter are - -
Truth and power
-Fate - -Cautious living
-Astrology - -Live by the stars
-Bad luck - -Protective amulets, caution
-Magic is countered by - -Countermagic
-Pollution - -Purification
-Violation of a taboo - -Restitution and cleansing
-Object intrusion - -Object removal
-Biological and physical disorder - -Herbs, medicines, and surgery
-When humans face adversity - -We choose a belief system to explain
the adversity
