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Self Test B on Knowledge Associated With Choice #8

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. All of the following words or phrases logically belong together with the word liberalism except which one? is ____________________. 

1)  rational             2) tolerant              3) generous              4)  hopeful                         5) restraint

2. The phrase “put meaning into a seemingly irrational world” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) existentialism     2) atheist          3) liberalism            4) rationalism          5) brotherhood

3.  Someone who values "the word of God"  most likely _______________________.  

1) doesn't believe in a personal God                          2) prefers a literal interpretation of sacred texts

3) prefers an historical metaphorical interpretation of sacred texts               4) not a religious fundamentalist 

5) a secular humanist 

4.  Select the ordered pair that best completes the following. "A(n) ____________________might be comfortable with defining __________________as "the domain at the intersection of what both our heads and our hearts tell us is fundamentally important."   

1) atheistic existentialist, spirituality                    2) theistic existentialist, spirituality 

3) atheistic existentialist, existentialism                4) theistic existentialist, existentialism  

5) secular humanist, humanism 

5.  The phrase “the capacity for self realization through reason” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below?   1) liberalism      2) humanism        3) teleology      4) spirituality       5) dignity 

6.  All of the following beliefs might be associated with someone for whom the Secular Humanism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which ? 

1) in pluralism                            2) in brotherhood                                    3) in liberalism 

4) in accepting personal responsibility                    5) linking "logos" with "the word" 

7.  Which of the following best describes someone for whom the Secular Humanism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview ? 

1) values evangelism                            2) feels blasphemy is a crime                

3) values teleology                       4) values learning                     5) embraces perfectionism

8. All of the following words or phrases logically belong with religious fundamentalism  except which one? 

1) sacrosanct                            2) orthodox                               3) evangelism    

4) ethical relativism                    5) theocracy 

9.  Which of the following is linked to the idea that everything happens to fulfill some purpose? 

1) what secular humanists believe                       2) what existentialists believe

3) rationalism                     4) liberalism              5) teleology

10.  Which of the following associations is most appropriate?  

1) the Ten Commandments / moral relativism   

2) credulous / refuses to believe

3) secular humanism  / "nurturing one's soul"           4) Greek term logos / hopeful

5) meaningless life / myth of Sisyphus

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