Reference no: EM131506644

1- Freud characterizes religion as "illusions, fulfillments of the oldest strongest and most urgent wishes of mankind" in his 1927 work titled.

• The Sociology of Religion
• The Future of an Illusion
• Violence and the Sacred
• Significations: Signs and Symbols and Images in the Interpretation of Religion

2- According to Albanese, trickster figures often have taken the form(s) of a...

• Hare
• Raven
• Coyote
• all of the above

3- Which of the following best describes the Diné religious focus on relationships?

• While human-animal relationships are important, human-human relationships are more important
• The goal of Diné religious practice is to maintain a good relationship with the spirits.
• This may mean neglecting human-human, human-Earth, or human-animal relationship
• Diné religion teaches that humans, animals, spirits, the Earth, and other natural figures, are related

4- In Navajo Diné religion, Changing Woman...

• relays messages to various Diné heroes in various myths
• represents the power of renewal inherent in the earth
• performs healing rituals

5- What is the Diné term for the spirits called "Holy People"?

• Earth Surface
• Hóchxó
• Healer
• Diyin Dine'é

6- According to Albanese, the "manyness of religions" means...

• pluralism
• postpluralism
• all of the above
• none of the above

7- Albanese names four tentative "parts" of religious systems. Which of the following is NOT one of those parts?

• Creed
• Code
• Orientation
• cultus

8- Which group is thought to be the ancestors of contemporary Inuit who migrated from Siberia to North America?

• ThTThule
• Diné
• Sivullirmiut
• Lakota

9- True or False: along with speaking languages in the language family "Inuit," many Inuit people also speak English and French

• True
• False

10- To what language family does the Diné language belong?

• Athabascan
• Inuit
• Romance
• Semitic

11- What is the best English translation of the Diné concept "hózhó"?

• Harmonious conditions
• Unharmonious conditions
• Holy People
• Changing Woman

12-True or false: a student who finds a portion of the class materials offensive is excused from engaging those materials

• True
• False

13- Which of the following best describes the Inuit religious view of hunting?

• Hunting is only practical
• Hunting is only spiritual. The animal is not used for anything practical
• The Inuit develop a special relationship with the animals they hunt that is both spiritual and practical
• The Inuit only hunt for sport

14- Apak is the woman who begins the film The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. She states that her father, Avva, was a...

• Shaman
• Well-known hunter
• European
• master Igloo builder

15- According to Albanese, extraordinary religion helps people transcend...

• Hate
• their everyday culture and concerns
• violence
• their class struggles

16- How does Mircea Eliade describe the process by which humans engage the sacred realm?

• The sacred shows itself to humans
• This sacred NEVER shows itself to humans
• The sacred does not exist

17- According to Gaustad and Schmidt, speaking historically, Native American religions generally believed that "this world and the world beyond" were...
(Note that this is still true today)

• separate or independent
• NOT separate or independent

18- True or False: According to Gaustad and Schmidt, pluralism was reduced by the European "invasion of Amerca."

• True
• False

19- At the end of The Journals of Knud Fasmussen, Avva (the main man in the film) converts to Christianity and dismisses the Inuit spirits. The spirits react by...

• Laughing
• Crying
• Dancing
• Dying

20- Which definition(s) of religion did I describe as most relevant to this course?

• Charles Long's idea that religion is "orientation-orientation in the ultimate sense, that is, how one comes to terms with the ultimate significance of one's place in the world"
• Catherine Bell's description of religion as "ideas, convictions, and practices related to the sense of a reality other than the quotidian, the day-to-day"
• all of the above

21- Which of the following best describes Karl Marx's view of religion?

• Religion is an "intuition of the universe."
• The word "religion" describes experiences with the sacred when one is alone
• Religion is a feel-good mechanism so economically oppressed people can escape their suffering
• Religion provides the illusion of security that reflects people's need for fatherly love.

22- The Inuit religion teaches a spiritual connection with the Inuit homeland. What is the name of the Inuit homeland?

• Inuit Thule
• Inuk
• Inuit Nunangat

23- The Angakoq, or Shaman, of the Inuit is a leader of ritual, healer, diviner, and communicator with the spirits. How is the Angakoq chosen?

• He displays himself as the best at skinning seals
• He is elected by his community
• He is chosen as a child by an older Angakoq
• He is chosen on his 13th birthday by hunting the largest Narwhale.

24- According to Albanese, Ordinary Religion is more or less synonymous with...

• Culture
• Transcendence
• Creeds
• Inuit

25- According to Albanese, Native Americans have thought of a world to which they were bound by ties of...

• Orientations
• Friendship
• common cause
• kinship

26- This question regards The Journal of Knud Rasmussen. During the Church service, one of the Inuit converts to Christianity states that "Shamans serve..."

• God
• Jesus
• the whale spirits
• Satan