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Self Test B on Knowledge Associated With Choice #6

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. You might reasonably expect the phrase "vital force" to be part of a definition or description of which term below? 

1) trickster                   2) consciousness                      3) spirit                4) muse                 5) pagan

2. Which of the following terms is most difficult to understand and thus very difficult to define? 

1) myths                       2) ecstasy           3) consciousness         4) polytheism           5) tacit knowledge 

3.  All of the following were part of William James' characterization of Mysticism except which one?

 1) it can't be adequately described in words

2) it provides insight into fundamental Truth—perhaps that perception of discrete objects and the passage of time are illusions,               

3) it can't be sustained for long, 

4) it makes one feel passive—as if grasped by a superior power (God?)            5) all of the above

4. You might reasonably expect the phrase "the whole is contained in every part" to be part of the description of which term below? 

1) explicit knowledge          2) tacit knowledge          3) holographic paradigm

4) cosmic consciousness            5) the Trinity 

5. ______________________ are most likely to talk of gods or goddesses associated the special places. 

1) Buddhists          2) ecofeminists       3) animists

4) occult practitioners          5) muses

6.  All of the following logically belong together except which?   

1) indescribable         2) intuition             3) tacit knowledge          4) ineffable             5) pantheon  

7.  Which of the following represent gods associated with the name of a character type ? 

1) muse       2) hero     3) trickster      4) all of the above     5) none of the above

8. Some polytheistic traditions require giving up something precious or important as offering to honor or placate a god, deity, a practice known as ___________________.   

1) ego death             2) revelation              3) sacrifice

4)  worship                            5) Yoga

9.  Which of the following words or phrases is linked to ancient and modern pagan / polytheistic healing practices? 

1) shamanism         2) maya           3) Nirvana          4) satori             5) moksha

10. ____________________________blends older religious and spiritual traditions from both east and west with more modern ideas about human consciousness, human potential, psychology, physics, and ecology.

1) shamanism             2) the New Age Movement               3) non-algorithmic, judgment-forming ability    

4) quantum mechanics                    5) none of the above 

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