EDT303Q
EXAM PACK
, EDT303O
0ctober/November 2018
Questron 1 - Multrple Chorce Questions
[40]
Answer the 20 followrng multrple chorce questrons by wrrtrng the questron number and next to tt, the
letter of the correct dnswer, In your examrnatron answer book For exarnple
1 1 (1)
12 (3)
And so on Do not use a mark readrng sheet Please note that these questrons are worth two nrarks
each
1 1 The founder of the Hrndu relrgron rs nailed
(1) Sn Ramakrrshna Pararnatramsa
(2) The ven AC Ehaktrvedanta Swamr Prabhupada
Adr Sankara Bhagavatpadacarya
The Hrndu relrgron does not have a specrfrc founder
1 2 The founder of the Chrrstran re[gron rs named
Saul of Tarsus
Jesus of Nazaretlr
Herodotus of Ha[carnassus
(4) The Chrrstran religron does not have a specfrc founder
1 3 The founder of the Baha'r relrgron rs narned
(1) Mulla Nasruddrn
Ayatolloh Khomernr
Baha'u'llah
The Baha'l rehgron does not have a specrfrc founder
1 4 doctrrne of rnoarnatron rn Chrrsttantty means that God
agsurnes a human body
rs revealed rn drfferent physrcal forms
(3) dwells splntually rn the world
(4) rerncarnates rnto dfferent bodres
1 5 whrch one of the followrng ntual practrces rs Nor characienstrc of Islam?
(1) Crrcumclsron
Prlgrrmage to Mecca
Holy cornmunron
Anrmal sacrrfrce
1 6 The lrvrng rn the Indus area were the authors of the Vedas
Shudras
Aryans
Vrshnurtes
(4) Sharvrtes
1 7 Hrstorrcally, the has been the centre of Buddhrst hfe
(1) church
(2) temple
mosque
monastery
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1 B All young Mormon men (and more recently young wornen) are expected to devote two years
of
therr hfe dorng
(1) freld and housework
fund rarsers
mrsstonary work
volunteer work
1 I Rank the followrng rehgrons hrstoncally, from the oldest to the youngest
Baha'r [slam, Buddhrsm, Chrrstranrty
Buddhrsm, Chrrstranrty, tslam, Baha'r
Chrrstranrty, Baha'r, lslam, Buddhrsm
(4) lslam, Baha'r, Chrrstranrty. Buddhrsm
1 10 Whtch one of the followtng forms part of the erght steps to remove the desrres of unhapprness
rn
Buddhrsm?
Law of Karma
Rrght lrvelrhood
Samsara
(4) Rrght zakat
1 11 whrch of the following relgrons teaches that rts founder once had to flee from hrs nattve clty, but
later feturned In trtumph?
Judarsm
Buddhrsm .
Hrndursm
(4) Afrrcan Tradrtronal Rehgron
peopte are horn rnto drffereni
person rs mosl lrkely a
(4) Mormon
1 13 rch one of the followrng statements aboLrl sacred scrrptures rs correct?
The Chrrstran Brble rncludes the sacred scrrpture of another relrgron wrthrn rt
All relrgrons have sacred scnptures and these are of equal rmportance
(3) Buddhtsi sacred scrtptures are holy and rnsprred The wrrters wrote under God's rnf luence
(4) Musltms belreve that the Brble rs the most correct of all God's revelatrons
1 14 PentecostalChilsttans belreve that the Holy Sprnt
(1) rs the frrsl person rn the Tnnrty
ts one of therr ancestral sprrrts
empowers rndrvrdual belrevers to combal evll forces
gave the Quran to Muhammad
1 15 rson who beheves that God (or the gods) does not exrst, ls
an athetst
a Musllm
(3) a Buddhtst
(4) a Hrrrdu
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1 16 Judarsm, Chnsttantiy and lslarn all, rn therrdrfferentways, are concerned wrth
(1)
the venefatton of ancestors
(2)
rock parntrngs and huntrng
multrple deilres
communal lrfe
1 17 Whrch one of the followrrrg ts NOT part of Afrrcan Relrgron ntuals?
&rth
Confrrmatron
(3) Marnage
(4) Drvrnatron
1 '18 ravada and Mahayana are forms of
Euddhrsnr
(2J Hrndursm
(3) lslant
(4) Judatsm
1 19 The supreme seat of authonty for Baha'rs rs
(1) the Local Sprntual Assembly
(2) theNattonal SprrrtualAssembly
the Internatronal House of $prrrtual Urrrty
the Unrversal House of Justrce
1 20 Ngunr and Sotho-Tswana speakers tradrlronally beheved rn
karma and samsara
an rnvrsrble sprnl realm
a god who was ln three forms
(4) parntrng rocks and huntrng
Questuon 2' Defrnltron and methodology t20l
Do any TWO of the followrng three questrons
The answers to these questrons should be between half a page and one page In length, dependrng on
your handwrrtlng
2(a) Your prescrtbed matenal presents a workrng defrnrtron of rehgron Brrefly drscuss thrs defrnrhon
(10)
2(b) tsrtefly dtscuss the dtsttnchon between the phenomenologrcal and the cntrcal approaches ln the
study of relrgron (10)
2(c) The htstory of reltgtons sees rehgron as havrng evolved through seven major phases Wnte a
shoft essay tn whtch you tdenttfy these phases and bnefly rndrcate whrch are the mos,t tmponanr
for understandrng rehgron today (10)
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EXAM PACK
, EDT303O
0ctober/November 2018
Questron 1 - Multrple Chorce Questions
[40]
Answer the 20 followrng multrple chorce questrons by wrrtrng the questron number and next to tt, the
letter of the correct dnswer, In your examrnatron answer book For exarnple
1 1 (1)
12 (3)
And so on Do not use a mark readrng sheet Please note that these questrons are worth two nrarks
each
1 1 The founder of the Hrndu relrgron rs nailed
(1) Sn Ramakrrshna Pararnatramsa
(2) The ven AC Ehaktrvedanta Swamr Prabhupada
Adr Sankara Bhagavatpadacarya
The Hrndu relrgron does not have a specrfrc founder
1 2 The founder of the Chrrstran re[gron rs named
Saul of Tarsus
Jesus of Nazaretlr
Herodotus of Ha[carnassus
(4) The Chrrstran religron does not have a specfrc founder
1 3 The founder of the Baha'r relrgron rs narned
(1) Mulla Nasruddrn
Ayatolloh Khomernr
Baha'u'llah
The Baha'l rehgron does not have a specrfrc founder
1 4 doctrrne of rnoarnatron rn Chrrsttantty means that God
agsurnes a human body
rs revealed rn drfferent physrcal forms
(3) dwells splntually rn the world
(4) rerncarnates rnto dfferent bodres
1 5 whrch one of the followrng ntual practrces rs Nor characienstrc of Islam?
(1) Crrcumclsron
Prlgrrmage to Mecca
Holy cornmunron
Anrmal sacrrfrce
1 6 The lrvrng rn the Indus area were the authors of the Vedas
Shudras
Aryans
Vrshnurtes
(4) Sharvrtes
1 7 Hrstorrcally, the has been the centre of Buddhrst hfe
(1) church
(2) temple
mosque
monastery
ffuRN OVERI
, EDT3O3O
October/November 2018
1 B All young Mormon men (and more recently young wornen) are expected to devote two years
of
therr hfe dorng
(1) freld and housework
fund rarsers
mrsstonary work
volunteer work
1 I Rank the followrng rehgrons hrstoncally, from the oldest to the youngest
Baha'r [slam, Buddhrsm, Chrrstranrty
Buddhrsm, Chrrstranrty, tslam, Baha'r
Chrrstranrty, Baha'r, lslam, Buddhrsm
(4) lslam, Baha'r, Chrrstranrty. Buddhrsm
1 10 Whtch one of the followtng forms part of the erght steps to remove the desrres of unhapprness
rn
Buddhrsm?
Law of Karma
Rrght lrvelrhood
Samsara
(4) Rrght zakat
1 11 whrch of the following relgrons teaches that rts founder once had to flee from hrs nattve clty, but
later feturned In trtumph?
Judarsm
Buddhrsm .
Hrndursm
(4) Afrrcan Tradrtronal Rehgron
peopte are horn rnto drffereni
person rs mosl lrkely a
(4) Mormon
1 13 rch one of the followrng statements aboLrl sacred scrrptures rs correct?
The Chrrstran Brble rncludes the sacred scrrpture of another relrgron wrthrn rt
All relrgrons have sacred scnptures and these are of equal rmportance
(3) Buddhtsi sacred scrtptures are holy and rnsprred The wrrters wrote under God's rnf luence
(4) Musltms belreve that the Brble rs the most correct of all God's revelatrons
1 14 PentecostalChilsttans belreve that the Holy Sprnt
(1) rs the frrsl person rn the Tnnrty
ts one of therr ancestral sprrrts
empowers rndrvrdual belrevers to combal evll forces
gave the Quran to Muhammad
1 15 rson who beheves that God (or the gods) does not exrst, ls
an athetst
a Musllm
(3) a Buddhtst
(4) a Hrrrdu
lruRN OVERI
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EDT3O3O
October/November 201 8
1 16 Judarsm, Chnsttantiy and lslarn all, rn therrdrfferentways, are concerned wrth
(1)
the venefatton of ancestors
(2)
rock parntrngs and huntrng
multrple deilres
communal lrfe
1 17 Whrch one of the followrrrg ts NOT part of Afrrcan Relrgron ntuals?
&rth
Confrrmatron
(3) Marnage
(4) Drvrnatron
1 '18 ravada and Mahayana are forms of
Euddhrsnr
(2J Hrndursm
(3) lslant
(4) Judatsm
1 19 The supreme seat of authonty for Baha'rs rs
(1) the Local Sprntual Assembly
(2) theNattonal SprrrtualAssembly
the Internatronal House of $prrrtual Urrrty
the Unrversal House of Justrce
1 20 Ngunr and Sotho-Tswana speakers tradrlronally beheved rn
karma and samsara
an rnvrsrble sprnl realm
a god who was ln three forms
(4) parntrng rocks and huntrng
Questuon 2' Defrnltron and methodology t20l
Do any TWO of the followrng three questrons
The answers to these questrons should be between half a page and one page In length, dependrng on
your handwrrtlng
2(a) Your prescrtbed matenal presents a workrng defrnrtron of rehgron Brrefly drscuss thrs defrnrhon
(10)
2(b) tsrtefly dtscuss the dtsttnchon between the phenomenologrcal and the cntrcal approaches ln the
study of relrgron (10)
2(c) The htstory of reltgtons sees rehgron as havrng evolved through seven major phases Wnte a
shoft essay tn whtch you tdenttfy these phases and bnefly rndrcate whrch are the mos,t tmponanr
for understandrng rehgron today (10)
ITURN OVERI
