World Religions - All Quizzes
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TCU - Dr. Mark Dennis - World Religions (2010)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The phrase "religion is the opium of the masses" is attributed to: | Marx |
| Those who have the "surplus value" of their labor taken in Marxist thought are called: | Proletariat |
| Nietzsche declares the death of: | God |
| In de Saussure's structuralism, the synchronic is more important than the diachronic (T/F): | True |
| In his study of language, de Saussure argues that linguistic signs are fixed and thus can be fully recovered. Think, for example, of the example of "dog-ness." (T/F) | False |
| In one of his famous studies, Roland Barthes declared the "Death of the X." X represents: | The Author |
| Judith Butler argues that both gender and sex are naturally given at birth (T/F): | False |
| Helene Cixous uses the term X to describe herself. X is: | Jewoman |
| Jacques Derrida's thought is described as being: | Deconstructive and post-structuralist |
| Michel Foucault, much like Nietzsche, uses the notion of "genealogy" to point to a fixed, historical origin in which lies the truth about a text, a teaching, a practice, a history (T/F): | False |
| The Buddha lived about how many years ago: | 2,500 |
| Eliminate the choice that is not one of the "three marks of existence": (a) impermanence (b) self (c) no-self (d) suffering | b) self |
| Which of the following lists the correct order of these events in the Buddha's life from first to last: (a) indulgence, denial, middle path (b) indulgence, middle path, denial (c) denial, indulgence, middle path (d) denial, middle path, indulgence | (a) indulgence, denial, middle path |
| Mara appears in the story of Buddha as a figure trying to prevent the Buddha from attaining enlightenment and spreading his teaching (T/F): | True |
| The term "Buddha" means: | Awakened One |
| As a member of the heterodox sramana traditions, Buddhism can be considered a form of Hinduism (T/F): | False |
| The Buddha was born in which country: | India/Nepal |
| The king who was instrumental in spreading Buddhism was: | Ashoka |
| The canon of Buddhism is written in a single language like the Arabic of the Quran (T/F): | False |
| A central element of Silence is 'apostasy.' Apostasy, or to apostatize, means to: | renounce one's religious faith |
| What is the name of the magistrate (also referred to as Governor and Lord) who has devised the various tortures for the Christians described in the book? | Inoue |
| What is the name of Fr. Rodrigues' teacher? | Fr. Ferreira |
| The role of Kichijiro is similar to: | Judas |
| The novel mentions blasphemy on a number of occasions. This term, which we discussed in class, means: | to make the sacred or holy into something worldly or profane |
| In an important scene, Kichijiro gives Fr. Rodrigues what to eat: | dried fish |
| At the time that Fr. Rodrigues visits Japan, Christianity in the country: | is being repressed |
| To get Japanese Christians to renounce their faith, government officials required what tecnnique: | stepping on a picture of Christ |
| The novel's title, Silence, refers primarily to the silence of: | God |
| In the article "India Rising," the Indian economy is described as being "bottom-up." (T/F) | True |
| The majority of Hindus live in what country: | India |
| According to the reading, there are how many millions of gods (deva/devi) in some versions of Hinduism: | more than 300 million |
| The four assumptions of Hinduism include the assumption that the world was created at one time and will, eventually, be destroyed (T/F): | False |
| Varna-dharma means: | class duty |
| A darshana is a: | a view |
| The brahmins are at the bottom of the caste system (T/F): | False |
| Ram Mohan Roy, an Indian social activist, founded the group: | The Brahmo Samaj |
| The term bhakti means: | devotion |
| Mahatma Gandhi interpreted the Upanishads, Bhagavadgita, and other sacred Hindu texts literally. That is, he did not understand the violence described in these texts metaphorically (T/F): | False |
| Hindus divide their literature into two main groups: śruti and smṛti. These terms mean: | heard and remembered |
| The Upaniṣads and other Hindu texts refer to the Sanātana Dharma, which many Hindus use to describe their religion. That phrase, Sanātana Dharma, can be translated as: | Eternal Law |
| What is the number of Upanishads? | 108 |
| The Bhagavadgita, a small part of the epic Mahabharata, describes the warrior Arjuna's "horrific quandary," which manifests, in part, due to varna-dharma. That phrase, varna-dharma, which we discussed in class, means: | duty according to caste |
| Kurukshetra is a: | place name-place of great battle |
| Eliminate the choice that is not one of the three gunas: (a) sattva (b) rajas (c) tamas (d) rig veda | (d) rig veda |
| Eliminate the choice that is not one of the three main deities in the Puranas: (a) Shiva (b) Brahma (c) Vishnu (d) Shakti/Devi | Brahma |
| Dvi-ja means: | twice born |
| We will see that ahimsa was a central tenet of Mahatma Gandhi. Ahimsa means: | non-violence |
| Islam is: | monotheistic |
| The first message from Allah to Muhammad came from which Angel (and when): | Gabriel around 600 CE |
| Muslims describe the divine with how many names? | 99 |
| Jesus is considered to be a prophet in Islam (T/F): | True |
| Muhammad was born in: | Arabia |
| Khadijah was Muhammad's: | wife |
| The Hijrah was the movement in 622 from Mecca (also, Makkah) to Yathrib. Yathrib was renamed: | Madinah (also, Medina) |
| The two main groups of Muslims are the Sunni and Shiite. Their principal dispute is over: | who should succeed Muhammad |
| A person who practices Islam, who believes in Allah is called a/an: | Muslim |
| The Quran has how many chapters: | 144 |
| The chapters are called: | sura |
| The first revelation the Prophet Muhammad received came from: | Gabriel |
| The unity of Allah is one of the six articles of faith: | True |
| Even though Islam is a monotheistic tradition, it surprisingly has no notion of the day of judgment (T/F): | False |
| The hadith are reports mainly about: | Muhammad |
| The hijab is a: | type of clothing for women |
| The Ka'bah is located in which city: | Mecca (Makkah) |
| Muslims pray how many times daily: | 5 |
| Islam has how many pillars? | 5 |
| Obama's speech was given in what city? | Cairo |
| The speech was mainly a discussion about: | relations with the Islamic world |
| Obama argues that there is one teaching or rule that undergirds all religions; that teaching is: | treat others as you want them to treat you |
| While Obama's speech was mainly about Islam, he surprisingly does not quote from the Quran (T/F): | False |
| Obama identifies the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians as crucial, but his view of a peaceful state of affairs does not involved the so-called 'two state' solution (T/F): | ?????????? |
| Obama's speech is titled: | A New Beginning |
| David Brooks' piece about Obama's Cairo speech is titled 'The X View.' X is: | Chicago |
| Brooks writes, 'On nearly every substantive issue, Obama scaled back American goals and expectations' regarding engagement with the Muslim world. (T/F) | ?????????? |
| Omer Mozaffar's piece also interprets Obama's speech. His article includes mention of which three figures: | Malcolm X, Napoleon, and Nixon |
| Mozafaar notes that Obama refers to passages from the Quran and uses a common Muslim greeting, 'Assalamu Alaykum,' which is translated as: | Peace be upon you |
| The article "American Dreamers" focuses mainly on what: | Muslims living in America |
| According to the article "American Dreamers", Europe has been a more fertile ground for "homegrown" Muslim terrorists than the United States. (T/F) | True |
| According to the Pew Center, there are approximately how many Muslims living in the United States: | ?????????? (30 thousand, 2.5 million, 10 million, or 20 million) |
| Keith Ellison, from the fine but very cold state of Minnesota, is known for being: | the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress |
| The article argues that Muslims living in Europe tend to be more integrated into their local societies than Muslims living in the U.S. (T/F) | False |
| One well publicized case of social dislocation of Muslim Americans, whose families had come from Yemen, occurred in: | ?????????? (Fremont, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Schenectady, New York; or Lackawanna, New York) |
| The article describes an unusual form of jihad; that form is: | cyber |
| In the section of the article titled "The Ideals We Share," the authors argue that classical Islam and American society share at least two broader ideals: | ?????????? (the pursuit of happiness and freedom of speech; freedom of speech and individual freedom; individual freedom and diversity; or diversity and the pursuit of happiness) |
| The short article about Jytte Klausen's book describes the controversy over its publisher's decision not to include the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. That publisher was: | Yale |
| Klausen describes the "mismatch between my book and the response" as like that of: | ?????????? (killing ants with bazookas; hunting cockroaches with tanks; killing lions with slingshots; or going after sparrows with cannons) |
| In the podcast of 'Speaking of Faith,' Krista Tippett, the program's host, interviews: | Vincent Cornell |
| Cornell compares the actions of the Danish newspaper, and the emotions they elicited, to crying: | 'fire' to patrons in a crowded theater |
| Most American newspapers and magazines reprinted the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (T/F): | False |
| In describing the ways in which Muslims view the Prophet Muhammad, he refers to a Sufi saying that expresses these views. That is, 'The Prophet is a man like other men in the way that x is a stone like other stones.' X is: | ?????????? (lapiz lazuli, turquoise, ruby, or jade) |
| The central issue in this podcast and in Brent Plate's piece on blasphemy is the tension between the need to respect the views of others and: | freedom of speech |
| Cornell describes a blasphemous piece of artwork that some Christians found offensive that is known as: | ?????????? (Christ as Oppressor, Piss-Christ, Jesus-False Prophet, or none of the above) |
| Brent Plate's piece includes the word 'blasphemy' in the title. Based on the reading, the term "blasphemy" means: | profane, sacreligious, offensive |
| Plate's example of Dread Scott's artwork centers on a symbol considered sacred to many Americans. That symbol is: | the American flag |
| The cover of The New Yorker depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as Muslim terrorists. What is burning in the fireplace? | an American flag |
| In the podcast on jihad, the editor of The New Yorker says that the cover was not meant to be satirical (T/F): | False |
| The cartoons that were published in Jyllands Posten have caused such controversy because they are considered by Muslims to be: | blasphemous |
| Nicholas Kristof's piece, "The Push to 'Otherize' Obama," notes that during the presidential election, a large number of Americans were convinced that Obama was a: | Muslim |
| The piece titled "War of the Worlds," which describes recent movies such as Fitna and Submission addresses mainly the perceived conflict between: | ?????????? (Islam and the West; Sunni and Shiite; Islam and Hinduism; none of the above) |
| In "War of the Worlds'" description of Geert Wilders film, which of the three following terms is not one of the translations of fitna mentioned in the piece: | ?????????? (schism, provocation, blasphemy) |
| What happened to Theo van Gogh, who made the film Submission, which was written by the Somali woman Ayaan Hirsi Ali? | He was murdered. |
| In the podcast on jihad, there is mention of a jihad on a possum carried out by one of the characters in a television show. That show is: | Desperate Housewives |
| In the U.S., Amir pursues what academic discipline in college: | writing |
| The physical disabilities of Ali and Hassan can be taken as symbolic of the inferior status that Shiites have had throughout much of Islamic history (T/F): | True |
| The Shorawi, despised by Baba, occupied Afghanistan for ten years. They are from: | Russia |
| Assef, the personification of evil, gives Amir a book as a birthday gift. That book was about: | Hitler |
| In The Kite Runner, Amir goes back to Afghanistan in search of: | Sohrab |
| When he goes to Afghanistan, who is in control of the country: | The Taliban |
| In one dramatic scene in the novel, who reappears wearing sunglasses like those worn by John Lennon? | Assef |
| As Amir is being beaten within an inch of his life, he thinks about strange things that include: | all the time he spent brushing and flossing |
| Even though Baba told his son that theft was the only sin, he had sinned. His sin was: | fathering Hassan |
| Kite running reappears as an important event at the end of the novel (T/F): | True |
| Arundhati Roy's article is titled: | Monster in the Mirror |
| She notes that some compare the Mumbai attacks to: | 9/11 |
| Arundhati Roy notes that in reports, one of the hotels is described as an icon of the city of Mumbai. She agrees, but argues it's an icon of "the easy, obsence inujustice that ordinary Indians endure ever day." (T/F) | True |
| Arundhati Roy mentions a newspaper report with an ad from a company selling some sort of food. That was from a: | Pizza company |
| Hafiz Saeed is described as the founder of Kashkar-e-Taiba, which is translated as: | Army of the Pure |
| Arundhati Roy states that there are three fundamental views on terrorism, Sides A, B, and C. (T/F) | False |
| Roy takes Side B, which argues for understanding the context out of which terrorist acts arose. In the case of the Mumbai attacks, that context is: | Partition |
| Partition triggered the massacre of about how many Indians: Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and others? | 1 million |
| According to the article "Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows," there are about how many members of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan: | ?????????? (100, 5,000, 150,000, 27 million) |
| The article describes Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Qaeda as: | Allies |
| The movie Gandhi begins with Gandhi's: | assassination |
| The central character of Partition: A Legacy of Blood, was Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was leader of: | the Muslim League |
| In Partition: A Legacy of Blood, it becomes clear that Jinnah had always wanted a separate state for Muslims, which would be called Pakistan (T/F): | False |
| A central question of the Reacting to the Past game, titled Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, is what constitutes a nation (T/F): | True |
| Between the defeat of the Mughals, who were Muslim, and direct British rule, who controlled much of India? | British East India Company |
| The beginning of the game book describes the trip to the convention that will decide the fate of an independent India. That convention will be held in what city? | Simla |
| Indian Muslims had generally supported the British and their allies during World War I until Britain's invasion of: | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| One of the most dramatic and well-known acts of Gandhi's defiance of British rule that was seen in the movie Gandhi and in the video "Crossing the Lines" was his leading a march to the sea in opposition to the British monopoly on: | salt |
| In the movie Gandhi, and in the game book, we are told that when Gandhi's followers, despite his program of non-violent opposition to the British, became violent, his reaction was to: | go on a hunger strike |
| In the movie Gandhi, Gandhi is trained as a barrister. A barrister is synonymous with a/an: | attorney/lawyer |
| Before returning to India, Mahatama Gandhi spent time working in: | South Africa |
| One definition offered by Gandhi of satyagraha is: | truth-force |
| Gandhi is a leader of which of these: (a) Congress (INC: Indian National Congress); (b) Muslim League; (c) All-India Democratic Forum for satyagraha; or (d) none of the above | (d) none of the above |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah is the leader of: | the Muslim League |
| In the reading, the Muslims are also referred to as: | Mussalmans |
| From the contents of his speeches we read for today, it is clear that Jinnah, as leader of the Muslim League, trusts completely Gandhi, Nehru, and the other leaders of Congress (T/F): | False |
| Gandhi believes that Indian Muslims in fact do not want Partition, arguing that Indian Hindus and Muslims share a history, language, family ties, food, which makes it unthinkable to divide the country. (T/F) | True |
| In 1919, after several Englishmen were murdered, the British, led by General Dyer, massacred hundreds of Indian civilians in which city: | ?????????? (Amritsar, Tehran, Madras, or Kabul) |
| The term ahimsa means: | non-violence |
| Hindutva means: | Hindu essence or Hinduness |
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