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Self Test on Knowledge Associated With Worldview Theme #9

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. A word that means more or less the same as "ridding one of an evil spirit" is 

1) ditheism      2) madrassa        3) baptism

 4) exorcism    5) debasement

2. A word or phrase that means the opposite of ethical relativism is

1) moral relativism    2) authoritarianism    3) absolute moral code    

4) evangelism            5) apocalypticism

3. The phrase "devotion or obligation to faith in the divine" might be part of the definition of which term below?

1) messianic fervor         2) theology          3) divination

4) evangelism          5) religion

4.  In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic conception of God, man is likened to a 

1) shepherd    2) servant    3) child    4) free agent    5) sinner

5. The problem of _________ is one that has plagued philosophers for over 2000 years.

1) evil             2) ethical relativism         3) orthodoxy

4) social justice    5) righteousness

6.  All of the following words or beliefs might be used to describe someone for whom the Apocalypticism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which ? 

1) end of the world coming soon     2) ready for "final conflict"    

3) believes in creationism

4) Armageddon theology        5) end of game strategy

7.  Which of the following words or beliefs best describes someone for whom the Religious Fundamentalism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview ? 

1) believes in absolute moral code     2) tolerant    3) believes in evolution

4) liberal orientation               5)believes in separation of church and state 

8. For someone for whom the Religious Fundamentalism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview, sacred religious texts like the Bible are held to be all of the following except

1) literally true                                  2) the word of God    

3) an absolute basis for morality      4) logos not mythos          5) infallible 

9.  Which of the following associations is wrong?

1) Book of Revelation / four horsemen    

2) nuclear war / cosmic catastrophe

3) End Times / eschatological                 4) blasphemy / irreverent

5) occultism / pursuit of hidden knowledge

10. In contrasting beliefs in creationism vs. evolution, one provides an "all at once" explanation whereas the other provides a(n) _______  explanation.

1) apocalyptic        2) catastrophic              3) gradual

4)  historical and metaphorical              5) intelligent design 

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