RELIGIONS EAST & WEST EXAM 1 WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
____ argued that "religion is society worshipping itself." - ✔✔Emile
Durkheim
Karl Marx argued that religion is the opiate of the masses, because
____. - ✔✔religion is like an opiate that deadens oppressed people of
the sense of pain and alienation
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,____ argued that religion offers explanation and justification of good
and bad fortune. - ✔✔Max Weber
____'s view, that the way we think about the world is related to
political institutions and regimes of power, has a huge impact on
religious studies. - ✔✔Michael Foucault
Read the text "The Talking Drum." The drum in this text is equivalent to
____. - ✔✔the Bible
In the text "The Mountain Has Spirit," the word that best describes the
Native North American people's view on nature is ___ - ✔✔Respectful
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,In "Essence of Cosmic Man," the Mexican indigenous religion views life
and death____. - ✔✔cyclical and union with one's ancestors and the
natural environment
Indigenous religions are the same although they are in different places.
- ✔✔False
Read the text "The Talking Drum." The drum is sacred because ____. -
✔✔it communicates the divine words
In the view of native North Americans, the nature is ___. - ✔✔sacred
In the "Essence of Cosmic Man," the human being is - ✔✔an integral
part of natural environment
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, India is located in ____. - ✔✔South Asia
In " The Story of Uddalaka and Svetaketu," the father Uddalaka used a
lot of analogies in his conversation with his son in order to ____. -
✔✔teach his son what brahman and atman are
In Hinduism, when a person dies, the ___ of the person moves to the
next life, which decides the personality of this person. - ✔✔jiva
Which analogy best describes the relationship between brahman and
atman ___. - ✔✔an ocean and a drop of water
One's good fortune or bad luck is decided by ___. - ✔✔karma
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
____ argued that "religion is society worshipping itself." - ✔✔Emile
Durkheim
Karl Marx argued that religion is the opiate of the masses, because
____. - ✔✔religion is like an opiate that deadens oppressed people of
the sense of pain and alienation
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,____ argued that religion offers explanation and justification of good
and bad fortune. - ✔✔Max Weber
____'s view, that the way we think about the world is related to
political institutions and regimes of power, has a huge impact on
religious studies. - ✔✔Michael Foucault
Read the text "The Talking Drum." The drum in this text is equivalent to
____. - ✔✔the Bible
In the text "The Mountain Has Spirit," the word that best describes the
Native North American people's view on nature is ___ - ✔✔Respectful
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,In "Essence of Cosmic Man," the Mexican indigenous religion views life
and death____. - ✔✔cyclical and union with one's ancestors and the
natural environment
Indigenous religions are the same although they are in different places.
- ✔✔False
Read the text "The Talking Drum." The drum is sacred because ____. -
✔✔it communicates the divine words
In the view of native North Americans, the nature is ___. - ✔✔sacred
In the "Essence of Cosmic Man," the human being is - ✔✔an integral
part of natural environment
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, India is located in ____. - ✔✔South Asia
In " The Story of Uddalaka and Svetaketu," the father Uddalaka used a
lot of analogies in his conversation with his son in order to ____. -
✔✔teach his son what brahman and atman are
In Hinduism, when a person dies, the ___ of the person moves to the
next life, which decides the personality of this person. - ✔✔jiva
Which analogy best describes the relationship between brahman and
atman ___. - ✔✔an ocean and a drop of water
One's good fortune or bad luck is decided by ___. - ✔✔karma
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
