Quiz - Week 4
Quiz - Week 4
Holistic Approach
Due Feb 12 at 11:59pm
Points 50
Questions 25
Instructions
The quiz:
Attempt History
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
Alvin Plantinga stated that there is no argument which will fully persuade everyone or absolutely
prove Christianity.
True
False
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Oftentimes people have to want to believe before they will listen to reasons
why they should believe, since it is human nature to change our beliefs to fit
our loves.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 3
0 / 2 pts
Strong Empiricism fails to account for the fact that:
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
The future glory Christians will have in Christ helps us to carry our cross with bold humility as
we live in and engage with the world.
True
False
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
All of the following C.S. Lewis works appeal primarily to human longing and
imagination except:
Suprised by Joy
Mere Christianity
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Apologetics is exclusively an intellectual activity in which people make a
decision for or against Christianity just by sorting out all the facts.
True
False
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Which philosopher stressed the importance of story by explaining that everyone believes a story
about their life and about history itself?
Charles Taylor
Alister McGrath
N.T. Wright
Augustine
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
This is what is used in elementary mathematics and in certain assumed rules for communicating
and thinking that seem to be universal.
Cultural rationality
Native rationality
Basic logic
Frameworks of rationality
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Which analogy was used to describe an apologist who treats the other person as an object?
Bully
Bank robber
Gunslinger
Mean boss
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Strong empiricism stipulates that we should accept something as true when it is fundamentally
arrived at through inferences or abduction
True
False
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
We are holistic beings who think, believe, and desire.
True
False
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following applies to Unrealistic Expectations?
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
To which model does this statement apply? “Our mind is who we are, our body is merely
incidental.”
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Engaging others with humility, honesty, and bold confidence in the Cross are
hallmark characteristics of the apologist of glory.
True
False
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
The biblical usage of the word heart usually refers to which aspects of the human psyche?
Most
All
Few
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Sin does not really affect our reasoning structures (e.g. the way we think and reason).
True
False
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
According to the authors, doctrines such as the age of the earth and how
many times Jesus cleared the temple are among the critically-important core
beliefs of the gospel.
True
False
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Jesus and Paul were usually tougher on insiders than outsiders.
True
False
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
According to Alvin Plantinga, the Spirit can use arguments to do all of the
following except:
Coerce
Bolster
Confirm
Convince
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
We can only adequately answer the question ‘what am I to do’ if we can
answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’
True
False
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
A fruitful analogy offered by the authors to illustrate the relationship
between believing, thinking, and desiring as a holistic approach is:
Employment
Parenthood
Psychology
Marriage
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
This describes the universally shared internal mechanisms that work to produce basic beliefs.
Cultural rationality
Native rationality
Basic logic
Frameworks of rationality
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Worship, baptism, and the celebration of the Lord’s Supper serve as visual apologetics for the
gospel.
True
False
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Humans are primarily:
Moral beings
Worshiping beings
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
All people worship something no matter how irreligious they may appear to be.
True
False