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HUMSS111 Week 2-9
Learning Activity 2
Question 1
One of the assumptions of the cultural studies approach in understanding religion is
a. All knowledge claims are situated in that they arise from particular social/historical contexts.
b. Culture norms represent uncontested absolute, universal truths
c. All knowledge claims are relative thus all interpretations are equally valid.
d. Culture is exclusive of political and economic influences
 
Question 2
Cultural studies primarily concerns in the following except
a. Understanding how codes of behavior are articulated, enforced and reshaped
b. Understanding about ritual practices and what scriptures say
c. Understanding ways in which identities are formed
d. Heightening attention to beliefs and practices implicitly enforced
 
Question 3
Cultural studies is defined by Culler as
a. understanding the belief systems and practices of an individual or group
b. understanding the functioning of a culture, cultural productions and how cultural identities
are organized
c. an ensemble of beliefs and practices that function as a pervasive technology of control
d. shared meanings we make and encounter in our everyday lives
 
Question 4
True or False: Religious influences are embedded in all aspects of human experience.
a. True
b. False
c. Can either be true and false
d. Can neither be true nor false
 
Question 5
True or False: All knowledge claims (including religious ones) are socially constructed.
a. True
b. False
c. Can neither be true nor false
d. Can either be true and false

Short Quiz 2
Question 1
Culture is defined by Storey as
a. shared meanings we make and encounter in our everyday lives
b. an ensemble of beliefs and practices that function as a pervasive technology of control
c. personal meanings each person makes with and from the 'texts' he encounters from his everyday
life
d. a set of limits within which social behavior must be contained
 
Question 2
True or False: 'Texts' work in culture by implicitly enforcing or articulating beliefs, practices and
codes.
a. True
b. Can neither be true nor false
c. Can either be true and false
d. False
 
Question 3
Culture is defined by Greenblatt as
a. the practices and processes of making meanings with and from texts we encounter in our everyday
lives
b. a set of limits within which social behavior must be contained
c. an ensemble of beliefs and practices that function as a pervasive technology of control
d. shared meanings we make and encounter in our everyday lives
 
Question 4
The premise/s of the essay, "Overcoming Religious Illiteracy: A Cultural Studies Approach" is/are
a. The widespread illiteracy about religion should be decreased because it often fuels prejudice and
antagonism
b. People in the 21st century should be encouraged to embrace religion despite advances in science
c. People should be encouraged to find their religious identities for national peace and progress
d. Strengthening people's beliefs and practices about their religion is utmost needed to decrease
religious illiteracy
 
Question 5
True or False: The nature of method of cultural studies approach to religion is multi and inter-
disciplinary.
a. Can either be true and false
b. False
c. True
d. Can neither be true nor false
 
Question 6
understanding the functioning of a culture, cultural productions and how cultural identities are
organized
a. Situated knowledge
b. Cultural studies
c. Religious learning
d. Culture
 
Question 7
Cultural studies aims to
a. understand the truth about what religious scriptures say
b. understand how codes of behavior are articulated, shaped and enforced
c. help in enriching cultural beliefs and practices
d. understand ways in which identities are formed and organized
 
Question 8
True or False: In cultural studies approach, the method recognizes that all forms of inquiry except
religious ones are all interpretations.
a. True
b. False
c. Can either be true and false
d. Can neither be true nor false
 
Question 9
Religious literacy presumes that
a. Religion should be understood from the lens of personal devotional practice.
b. Religion is exclusive of social contexts and historical movements.
c. Religion is isolated from political, economical and cultural contexts.
d. Religion is embedded in human political, social and cultural life.
 
Question 10
True or False: The recognition that all knowledge claims are situated is a manifestation of relativism
whereby all interpretations are considered to be equally valid.
a. Can neither be true nor false
b. Can either be true and false
c. True
d. False

Long Quiz 1
Question 1
'Texts' enforce codes, beliefs and practices by the concept of reward and punish.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 2
learning religion through a devotional lens
a. Situated knowledge
b. Religious learning
c. Culture
d. Cultural studies
 
Question 3
Which of the following statements is always true?
a. Religious learning studies religion through a devotional lens/perspective.
b. Religious learning studies religion from an academic lens/perspective.
c. Religious learning and the academic study of religion both fosters religious literacy.
d. Religious learning and the academic study of religion both strengthen devotional beliefs and
practices.
 
Question 4
Muslims who believe that The Qur'an should be used to take over the world in the name of Islam
a. Violence
b. Islamic fundamentalism
c. Hate Crime
d. Devotional Expression
 
Question 5
shared meanings we make and encounter from our everyday lives
a. Culture
b. Situated knowledge
c. Religious learning
d. Cultural studies
 
Question 6
Religion and culture are inseparable
True
False
 
Question 7
Religious expressions and traditions are uniform within all sects/branches or denominations.
True
False
 
Question 8
Way of thinking that gives too much importance on material possessions than spiritual/intellectual
things
a. Materialism
b. Materialistic
c. Hate Crime
d. Minimalism
 
Question 9
There is a common and shared assumption that practitioners of a given religious tradition are
experts and the best sources of information about that tradition. What does this fail to
recognize?
a. the distinction between the academic study of religion and devotional expression
b. that all forms of inquiry are interpretations passed through generations and therefore not
credible and almost not true
c. that practitioners are always biased about their religious beliefs and traditions
d. the lack of knowledge of these practitioners about the tradition
 
Question 10
A perspective that all knowledge claims come from our own experiences
a. Situated knowledge
b. Culture
c. Cultural studies
d. Religious learning
 
Question 11
Geography has a great impact on religion and religious beliefs.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 12
A socially constructed idea or standard as to how people should behave or act
a. Codes of behavior
b. Text
c. Power
d. Reinforcement
 
Question 13
The presumptions of religious literacy are the following except
a. There is a difference between religious learning and understanding about religion.
b. Religion shapes and is shaped by historical and cultural contexts.
c. Religion is static and isolated from historical and cultural movements.
d. Religion is embedded in human political, social and cultural life.
 
 
Question 14
How do 'texts' enforce, articulate and/or shape codes, beliefs and practices?
a. Praise and blame; isolation and restrain; reinforcement
b. Reward and punishment; containment and exclusion; reinforcement
c. Praise and blame; inclusion and restrain; reinforcement
d. Praise and blame; containment and exclusion; reinforcement
 
Question 15
Situated knowledge claims that all interpretations are equally valid.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 16
Which of the following is/are the mechanism/s by which 'texts' enforce, articulate and/shape codes,
beliefs and practices?
a. Reward and punish
b. Isolation and restrain
c. Reinforcement
d. Praise and blame
 
Question 17
The subject of inquiry in a cultural studies approach in understanding religion comes from uniform
lenses and perspectives.
a. True
b. False

Question 18
A way by which texts enforce codes, beliefs and practices by presenting something as outside the
norm or odd or unacceptable.
a. Praise And Blame
b. Blame and Exclusion
c. Containment and Exclusion
d. Containment and Praise
 
Question 19
Devotional expression presumes religious legitimacy of diverse normative claims.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 20
Buddhist concept of living with less
a. Hate Crime
b. Minimalism
c. Materialism
d. Materialistic
 
Question 21
What is the main difference between a theologian and religious scholar?
a. A theologian do not require historical and cultural knowledge of the religion he/she studies; a
religious scholar shall understand the historical and cultural contexts of world religions
b. A theologian is biased toward a particular faith; a religious scholar is expected to be objective in
understanding world religions
c. A theologian is naturally a believer of the religion he studies; a religious scholar is a nonbeliever of
any religion
d. A theologian uses a Biblical approach; a religious scholar uses a scientific and/or academic
approach in understanding world religions
 
Question 22
Learning religion in a devotional lens
a. Violence
b. Devotional Expression
c. Hate Crime
d. Islamic fundamentalism
 
Question 23
Relativism claims that all knowledge claims and interpretations are equally valid as opposed to
situated knowledge.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 24
'Situatedness' presents that religious claims are interpretations that arise out of particular historical/
cultural contexts as opposed to absolute and universal truths.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 25
A nonsectarian study of religion fosters religious literacy.
True
False
 
Question 26
How can religious illiteracy be diminished?
a. Teach religion from an academic and nonsectarian perspective in primary and secondary schools
b. Theology should be a required course/subject in primary and secondary schools
c. Start within families by teaching religion in its own theological perspective
d. Finding one's religious identity is the key in understanding other religions
 
Question 27
Conservative religious practitioners oppose learning about religion from an academic lens because it
presumes the legitimacy of multiple religious worldviews.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 28
Which of the following definitions best describes culture?
a. shared meanings we make and encounter in our everyday lives
the strongest factor influencing people's behaviors, practices and beliefs
b. personal associations each one gives to the 'texts' he/she encounters in his/her everyday life
c. an intrinsic/natural element that an individual or group possesses and values
 
Question 29
Religion is distinct from the secular public sphere of political, economical and cultural life.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 30
One of the assumptions of the cultural studies approach is that culture is static.
a. True
b. False

Learning Activity 3
Question 1
The members of the LGBT community being viewed as 'immoral' by some Christians is a clear
manifestation of ___.
a. Direct Violence
b. Structural Violence
c. Indirect Violence
d. Cultural Violence
 
Question 2
The type of violence that represents behaviors that serve to threaten life itself and/or diminish one's
capacity to meet basic human needs
a. Cultural Violence
b. Direct Violence
c. Indirect Violence
d. Structural Violence
 
Question 3
True or False: Galtung's typologies of violence present the idea of violence being inevitable.
a. Can either be true and false
b. False
c. Can neither be true nor false
d. True
 
Question 4
The type of violence that represents the existence of prevailing or prominent social norms that make
direct and structural violence seem natural or right or at least acceptable
a. Indirect Violence
b. Cultural Violence
c. Structural Violence
d. Direct Violence
 
Question 5
Massive cultural violence is still evident today but now labeled as ____.
a. Injustice
b. Bias
c. Prejudice
d. Discrimination

Short Quiz 3
Question 1
Women being deprived of political rights and viewed as inferior to men is a clear manifestation of
a. Indirect Violence
b. Direct Violence
c. Structural Violence
d. Cultural Violence
 
Question 2
Indigenous people being viewed as primitive and uncivilized is a clear manifestation of _____.
a. Direct Violence
b. Indirect Violence
c. Cultural Violence
d. Structural Violence
 
Question 3
Massive structural violence is still evident today but now labeled as
a. Prejudice
b. Discrimination
c. Bias
d. Injustice
 
Question 4
True or False: The three forms of violence are interrelated and mutually reinforcing.
a. Can neither be true nor false
b. False
c. True
d. Can either be true and false
 
Question 5
True or False: Religious functions in both the promotion of cultural violence and cultural peace.
a. Can either be true and false
b. True
c. False
d. Can neither be true nor false
 
Question 6
A person working as a house helper who does not meet his/her basic needs such as food because of
his/her employer's restrictions is a clear manifestation of _____.
a. Structural Violence
b. Indirect Violence
c. Direct Violence
d. Cultural Violence
 
Question 7
The type of violence that represents the systematic ways in which some groups are hindered from
equal access to opportunities, goods and services that enable the fulfillment of basic human needs
a. Direct Violence
b. Structural Violence
c. Cultural Violence
d. Indirect Violence
 
Question 8
True or False: Massive cultural violence is labeled today as discrimination.
a. True
b. Can neither be true nor false
c. False
d. Can either be true and false
 
Question 9
The members of the LGBT community being deprived of certain civil rights is a clear manifestation
of ___.
a. Direct Violence
b. Cultural Violence
c. Structural Violence
d. Indirect Violence
 
Question 10
Remote communities having no access to basic resources and services is a clear manifestation of
____.
a. Indirect Violence
b. Direct Violence
c. Cultural Violence
d. Structural Violence

Learning Activity 4
Question 1
Refers to the repeated exile of the Jewish people from their homeland in Israel
a. Diaspora Nationalism
b. Zionism
c. Galut
d. Kabbalah
 
Question 2
Which of the following statement on the early Hebrew's understanding of God is true?
a. Unlike Mesopotamians or the Egyptians, the early Hebrews affirmed that their laws came directly
from God.
b. Like Egyptians, the early Hebrews believed in singularity represented on earth by a divine ruler.
c. Unlike Mesopotamians or the Egyptians, the early Hebrews disclaims that their laws came directly
from God.
d. Like Mesopotamians, the early Hebrews worshipped numerous nature deities and represented
them in forms of images and symbols.
 
Question 3
One of Judaism's elements that embodies Judaism's intellectual culture, focusing on the study,
understanding, and interpretation of sacred texts.
a. Culture
b. God
c. Torah
d. Peoplehood

Question 4
The promised land in Jewish history which Jews intended to return to after their enslavement in
Egypt.
a. Canaan
b. Solomon
c. Isaac
d. Mitzvot
 
Question 5
Which of the following statements speaks for early Hebrew's understanding of God?
a. The early Hebrew's believe that God is an abstract concept and/or principle.
b. The early Hebrews preserve the singularity of a sovereign God.
c. The early Hebrews' religion posited an unchanging set of nature deities represented on earth
by a divine ruler.
d. The early Hebrews believe in numerous deities, represented in the forms of images and
symbols.
Short Quiz 4
Question 1
A political movement suggesting that Jews must be eliminated from society
a. Hasidism
b. Reform Judaism
c. Mitzvoth
d. Anti-Semitism
 
Question 2
A Greek termed coined specifically for the dispersion of Jews throughout the Hallenistic or Greek-
speaking world.
a. Holocaust
b. Shoah
c. Diaspora
d. Haskalah
 
Question 3
Which of the following statement on the Hebrew's understanding of God is not true?
a. God was not an abstract concept or principle, but actively involved in history through revelation
and covenant.
b. God's covenant with the Jewish people and involvement in human history implies that individuals
and societies exist for a reason.
c. God's relationship with the Jewish people implicates salvation through good and rightful acts and
deeds.
d. God's creation of the universe, including possibilities of good and evil, implies the existence of
human free will.
 
Question 4
Term for the mystical tradition within Judaism
a. Galut
b. Zionism
c. Kabbalah
d. Diaspora Nationalism
 
Question 5
The movement born for the improvement of the Jews; the Jewish Enlightenment
a. Diaspora
b. Haskalah
c. Holocaust
d. Shoah
 
Question 6
A modern ideological movement of Jewish nationalism and the idea of the restoration of the Jewish
homeland in Palestine
a. Galut
b. Kabbalah
c. Diaspora Nationalism
d. Zionism
 
Question 7
Geographical context was essential to the development of ancient Israelite polytheism.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 8
One of Judaism's elements that includes customs and food, arts and music, dance and folkways.
a. Peoplehood
b. Culture
c. Torah
d. God
 
Question 9
What was the most relevant achievement of Zionism?
a. The formation of a new politics governing all Jew societies
b. The emergence of new political movements and reforms
c. The establishment of a modern Jewish state in Israel
d. The civil equality for Jews in Western societies
 
Question 10
The set of Jews' Divine laws informing both ethical and ritual behavior
a. Isaac
b. Mitzvot
c. Canaan
d. Solomon

Long Quiz 2
Question 1
The synagogue was a centralized house of God open to Jewish people and a radical innovation in the
history of religions.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 2
The major Jewish holidays all originated as agricultural festivals.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 3
Women are still not allowed to vote in Vatican City.
a. Cultural violence
b. Direct violence
c. Structural Violence
 
Question 4
The three forms of violence are interrelated with each other and mutually reinforcing.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 5
A political movement suggesting that Jews must be eliminated from society
a. Yeshiva
b. Holocaust
c. Anti-Semitism
d. Synagogue
 
Question 6
Throughout Jewish history, the common thread has been God's relationship with humanity.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 7
Which accurately describes the Torah?
a. It reveals the stories and passages about the life and teachings of Jesus written by his
disciples.
b. It is the building block of Judaism therefore the most important of Judaism's three points of
reference.
c. It includes customs and food, arts and music, dance and folkways that are part of a way of life.
d. It represents Judaism's intellectual culture, focusing on the study, understanding and
interpretation of the sacred texts.
 
Question 8
Verbal attacks/abuse are what type of violence?
a. Cultural violence
b. Structural Violence
c. Direct violence
 
Question 9
Living in harmony with other people especially of different races and/or religion
a. Peaceful coexistence
b. The clash within
c. Clash of civilization
d. Peace
 
Question 10
Conversion to Judaism is possible, but the concept of family heritage remains paramount.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 11
What was the negative stereotyping against Jews during the rise of Christianity?
a. Jews as the sons and daughters of Judas
b. Jews as fabricators of the truth about the words of God
c. Jews as a traitorous sinner and killer of Christ
d. Jews as hungry for power thus planning to take over the world
 
Question 12
Master teachers and leaders of the Jewish community during the Roman Empire
a. Rabbis
b. Anti-Semitism
c. Holocaust
d. Yeshiva
 
Question 13
The Jews assimilated into the culture in which they found themselves, while maintaining their
separate identity as Jews and their adherence to Jewish tradition and culture.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 14
The genocide of over six million Jews in Europe by the Nazis during the 1930s until the end of World
War II.
a. Synagogue
b. Holocaust
c. Anti-Semitism
d. Yeshiva
 
Question 15
Direct violence is manifested when an individual or group is hindered from equal access to goods and
resources.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 16
What was/were the Jews' adaptation/s to still practice their beliefs and traditions when they were
frequently being exiled around the world?
a. The replacement of Temples by the synagogues or house of assembly
b. The formation of news sects/branches/denominations across the world
c. The emergence of new movements encouraging Jews to continue being Jews in beliefs and
practices despite the worldwide exiles
d. The insistence of Jews to include their rights and privileges as a religious community to the
Western politics and societies
 
Question 17
Palestinians in Israel do not have 100% rights and privileges of Jewish citizens.
a. Direct violence
b. Cultural violence
c. Structural Violence
 
Question 18
The Jewish Enlightenment; a movement aimed to sought to change the public image of the Jew
through secular education
a. Haskalah
b. Diaspora
c. Shavuot
d. Kabbalah

Question 19
Which of the following represents the Hebrews' understanding of God?
a. God's relationship with the Jewish people implicates salvation through good and rightful acts and
deeds.
b. God's creation of the universe, including the possibilities of good and evil, implies the existence of
human free will.
c. God is an abstract concept/principle which guides humanity to do righteous behaviors and
practices.
d. God is a divine being represented on earth in human form through prophets and messengers.
 
Question 20
From the historical perspective, all Jews share a common ancestry descended from Abraham and his
wife Sarah.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 21
What was the greatest and most relevant achievement of Zionism?
a. The establishment of a modern Jewish state in Israel
b. The acceptance of Western societies for Jews
c. The formation of a new modern political ideology and movements
d. The emergence of a new politics of Jewish national revival
 
Question 22
The Jewish tradition of peoplehood have produced the modern ideological movement of Jewish
nationalism called
a. Bundism
b. Judaism
c. Diaspora Nationalism
d. Zionism
 
Question 23
The article, The Clash Within, explains that religious violence is a product of clash of civilizations.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 24
The Zorah was founded in Eastern Europe partially as a response to earlier forms of Kabbalah.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 25
According to the reading on Galtung's Typologies of violence, prejudice is used to sanitize massive
structural violence.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 26
God, Torah and Peoplehood are interdependent with each other.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 27
The Hebrews believe that God was an abstract concept or principle socially constructed by humanity.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 28
Peace comes in two forms: negative and positive.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 29
Positive peace includes structural (human) integration, preventive and achieved always by peaceful
means.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 30
In China, female babies are sometimes killed with a law limiting families to one child.
a. Structural Violence
b. Direct violence
c. Cultural violence

Learning Activity 5
Question 1
The movement known to emphasize not only preaching and sacraments, but a mission to the
poor and those in need.
a. Structural theology
b. Socialist theology
c. Liberation theology
d. Theology for justice
 
Question 2
What was/were Martin Luther's argument/s attacking the leadership of the Catholic church?
Select one:
a. He insisted that the Bible and the worship life of the church be translated from Latin into the
language of people.
b. He concluded that salvation is God's grace alone and by faith alone and objected indulgences sold
by church.
c. He contested whether the Bible is influenced from interpretations of the 'followers' from their
historical/social contexts.
d. Religious authority lay not primarily in church traditions, nor in the hierarchy of bishops and
popes, but in the Bible alone.
 
Question 3
Founded by Martin Luther which was considered a new movement in the Christian tradition
a. Protestant Reformation
b. Nicaea
c. Fundamantalism
d. Liberation theology
 
Question 4
What movement of Christians arose in the twentieth century which had been concerned in protecting
the literal interpretations of the Bible from what they consider to be the undermining effects of
Biblical worship?
a. Liberalism
b. Structuralism
c. Socialism
d. Fundamentalism
 
Question 5
Refers to the evangelical movement that emphasizes the gift of the Holy Spirit
a. Monasticism
b. Prayer
c. Creed
d. Pentecostalism

Short Quiz 5
Question 1
Refers to the movement emphasizing a life of devotion to God in prayer and in simplicity
a. Creed
b. Monasticism
c. Pentecostalism
d. Prayer
 
Question 2
The new movement born to protect the literal interpretations of the Bible from what they consider to
be the undermining effects of Biblical worship
a. Liberation theology
b. Protestant Reformation
c. Fundamantalism
d. Nicaea
 
Question 3
What unites Christianity being a worldwide tradition with diverse practices, beliefs and traditions?
a. the ways in which faith and beliefs are being practiced
b. the life and the teachings of Jesus
c. the way on how the Bible is taught and interpreted
d. the belief on the origin of the universe and the existence of human society
 
Question 4
Founded by Martin Luther which was considered a new movement in the Christian tradition
a. Apostles
b. Protestant Reformation
c. Prophets
d. Pentecost
 
Question 5
The four gospels in the Bible are
a. Matthew, Paul, Luke, John
b. Matthew, Paul, Luke, Joseph
c. Matthew, Mark, Luke John
d. Mark, Paul, Luke, John
 
Question 6
Refers to the birthday of the Church when the disciples experienced the empowerment as a new
community weeks after the feast of Passover
a. Protestant Reformation
b. Prophets
c. Pentecost
d. Apostles
 
Question 7
Considered the most important council of the early Christian church
a. Nicaea
b. Liberation theology
c. Fundamantalism
d. Protestant Reformation
 
Question 8
Refers to those who literally are sent to give testimony to their faith
a. Prophets
b. Pentecost
c. Apostles
d. Protestant Reformation
 
Question 9
Refers to the Christians' summary of faith
a. Monasticism
b. Creed
c. Pentecostalism
d. Prayer
 
Question 10
What term refers to Christian's summary of faith, becoming one of the religion's distinctive features?
a. Prayer
b. Communion
c. Baptism
d. Creed

Learning Activity 6
Question 1
What term refers to a stream of interpretation of Islam emphasizing the interior path of mystical
love and knowledge of God?
a. Shari'ah
b. Sufism
c. Salafis
d. Islamism
 
Question 2
The following state Islamic understanding of God/Allah except
a. the Creator and Ruler of the entire universe
b. the Divine being represented on earth as prophets and/or messengers
c. the ultimate Judge of all human beings
d. the One who guides humanity to the path of righteousness through messengers and prophets
 
Question 3
Traditional schools throughout the Muslim world for advanced study of law, philosophy, theology,
arts and sciences
a. hajj
b. madrasah
c. khalifah
d. shahadah
 
Question 4
The totality of God's will regarding human action as represented in the Quran and Sunnah
a. tawhid
b. shariah
c. Quran
d. ummah
 
Question 5
The recitation of the Quran which is considered as a science, an art and a form of devotion
a. tawhid
b. tilawah
c. tajwid
d. Fatihah

Short Quiz 6
Question 1
Islamic term for a universal community
a. Quran
b. ummah
c. tawhid
d. shariah
 
Question 2
The opening chapter (surah) in the Quran which is recited by many Muslims as part of their prayer
everyday
a. Fatihah
b. tawhid
c. tajwid
d. tilawah
 
Question 3
The unity and oneness of God which Muhammad spoke of in contrast to polytheism
a. shariah
b. ummah
c. Quran
d. tawhid
 
Question 4
What is/are Islam's understanding of God/Allah?
Select one:
a. the One who guides humanity to the path of righteousness through messengers and prophets
b. a rather abstract concept or principle that guides humanity to the path of righteousness
c. the Creator and Ruler of the entire universe and the ultimate Judge of all human beings
d. the Divine being represented on earth as prophets and/or messengers
 
Question 5
The rules of pronunciation, intonation, and approach governing the recitation of Quran
a. tilawah
b. Fatihah
c. tajwid
d. tawhid
 
Question 6
Referring to the successor of Muhammad
a. shahadah
b. madrasah
c. khalifah
d. hajj
 
Question 7
What is the difference between Shi'a and Sunni interpretations of the Quran?
a. Sunni Muslims believe that leadership was passed on by the designation of a successor (Imam)
within the Prophet's family; Shi'a Muslims believe that the sources of religious authority were the
Quran, the custom of the Prophet, and the communal consensus of Muslims.
b. Shi'a Muslims believe that Muhammad, the Messenger and the final prophet of God, is a Divine
being; Sunni Muslims rejected this belief.
c. Shi'a Muslims believe that leadership was passed on by the designation of a successor (Imam)
within the Prophet's family; Sunni Muslims believe that the sources of religious authority were the
Quran, the custom of the Prophet, and the communal consensus of Muslims.
d. Sunni Muslims believe that Muhammad, the Messenger and the final prophet of God, is a Divine
being; Shi'a Muslims rejected this belief.
 
Question 8
What refers to the movement born during the European colonialism arguing that the faith and
practice of Muslims had become distanced from the original message of Quran and the Prophet, as
the masses have adapted and innovated devotional practices?
a. Sufism
b. Fundamentalism
c. Salafis
d. Conservatism
 
Question 9
One of the Sunni Muslim's "five pillars of Islam" referring to the pilgrimage to Mecca
a. hajj
b. madrasah
c. khalifah
d. shahadah
 
Question 10
The Quran is composed of chapters called as surahs which include themes such as the following
except
a. prayers and praise of God and a recounting of God's signs in creation
b. righteous behaviors a Muslim must obey to be able to be saved on the Day of Judgment
c. stories of messengers before Muhammad
d. Passages about the Day of Judgment

Long Quiz 3

Question 1
Church, the Christian community, in Greek is ecclesia which means called out.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 2
The story of Jesus comes from that part of the Bible called the Old Testament
a. False
b. True
 
Question 3
The universal community the Prophet spoke of
a. ulama
b. ummah
c. wilayah
d. surah
 
Question 4
This refers to traditional schools of the Muslim community
a. Shariah
b. Madrasah
c. Sunnah
d. Sufism
 
Question 5
The final Prophet and Messenger of God
a. Medina
b. tawhid
c. Sufism
d. Muhammad
 
Question 6
What was/were the challenges posed by biblical scholarship to Christian faith during the modern
era?
a. The doubt whether each word of the Bible is the revelation of God or a collection of inspired
writings that are products of particular historical contexts, with their own historical concerns.
b. The text of the Bible has been laid open to study the methods of critical and historical analysis.
c. The strength of influence of the Christian faith to the virtues and behaviors applied by its followers
d. The lack of concrete evidences on the origin of Bible
 
Question 7
The term that refers to one who submits to God.
a. Muslim
b. Quran
c. Kaaba
d. ummah
 
Question 8
The acceptance of the authority and sanctity
a. wilayah
b. surah
c. ummah
d. ulama
 
Question 9
Who was the Jewish tentmaker who converted to Christianity and later spoke to Jews and Gentiles
affirming his faith to Christ?
a. Paul
b. John
c. Matthew
d. Luke
 
Question 10
In Arabic, the word islam means submission.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 11
The city of the Prophet
a. Muhammad
b. Medina
c. Sufism
d. Shariah
 
Question 12
The Anabaptists took issue over the establishment of a state church and infant baptism.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 13
The movement, "liberation theology", focused on economic injustices.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 14
The Shariah originally functioned as an oral scripture that was meant to be recited, heard and
experienced.
a. True
b. False
 
Question 15
In Arabic, the word islam means called out.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 16
What was/were the achievement/s of the English Reformation in the sixteenth century?
a. The coming together of all Christians as a whole and not being divided into several denominations
b. The revival of traditional family values and talks about certain issues like homosexuality and
abortion
c. The formation of a new movement known as Methodism, and later the establishment of the
Worldwide Anglican Communion
d. The emergence of new political ideologies and movements
 
Question 17
An energetic devotional reform movement, emphasizing the forgiveness and grace of a loving God.
a. Baptism
b. Methodism
c. Pentecostalism
d. Christians
 
Question 18
A cup shaped structure believed to have been first built by Adam and rebuilt by Abraham as the
house of one God
a. Muslim
b. ummah
c. Kaaba
d. Quran

Question 19
A chapter of the holy book Quran
a. ummah
b. wilayah
c. ulama
d. surah
 
Question 20
The pilgrimage to Mecca
a. sawm
b. hajj
c. salat
d. shahadah
 
Question 21
The term that refers to followers of Christ
a. Baptism
b. Christians
c. Pentecostalism
d. Methodism
 
Question 22
A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles,
by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to
secularism
a. Fundamentalism
b. Missionary
c. Speaking in tongues
d. Pope
 
Question 23
Though its political power declined after the ninth century, the caliphate remained as an important
symbol of Muslim unity.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 24
Church, the Christian community, in Greek is ecclesia which means submission.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 25
The Quran originally functioned as an oral scripture that was meant to be recited, heard and
experienced.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 26
Martin Luther, the founder of Protestant Reformation, suggested indulgences sold by the church to
assure one's own well-being in the afterlife or well-being of those who already died.
a. False
b. True
 
Question 27
One example of the Pentecostal worship reliving the experience of the early church on the first
Pentecost
a. Speaking in tongues
b. Pope
c. Fundamentalism
d. Missionary
 
Question 28
The following are the themes written in the chapters/surahs of Quran except
a. a recounting of God's signs in creation
b. passages about the Day of Judgment
c. stories of the messengers before Muhammad
d. stories about the life and teachings of Jesus
 
Question 29
The unity and oneness of God that Muhammad spoke of
a. Tawhid
b. Muhammad
c. Medina
d. Sufism
 
Question 30
The testimony of the unity of God and the prophethood of Muhammad
a. shahadah
b. salat
c. hajj
d. sawm