Importance of Religion MCQs
Importance of Religion MCQs
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1: According to Emile Durkheim, the dimension of life that is separate from the mundane is known as what?
A. The meaning system
B. The profane realm
C. The sacred realm
D. Charismatics
2: At one point in history, Christianity would have been considered a “cult” by the media.
A. True
B. False
3: As Islam tends to be less bureaucratized than most Christian religions, which of the following is true?
A. There is less emphasis on the professional credential of clergy
B. It is extremely important to be an official member of a specific mosque
C. Mosques must be led by a highly credentialed Imam
D. Mosques rarely serve as community centers or meeting spaces
4: Alisha theorizes that individuals choose a church based upon how far they have to travel to reach it, how kind others are to them at that church, and how the messages being taught make them feel. Which theoretical perspective is Alisha most likely using?
A. Rational choice
B. Symbolic interactionism
C. Conflict theory
D. Structural functionalism
5: Katia moved to a new town where she knew very few people. Although she had never been particularly religious, she decided to attend Reform Judaism services with her friend. Through attending services, she met even more people and later joined the synagogue. Why did Katia likely initially joined this faith?
A. The meaning that Judaism brought to her life
B. Her fear of not following the path to righteousness
C. The sense of belonging that the faith provided for her
D. The need for the routinization of charisma in her life
6: A civil religion is more likely to develop in a simple, homogenous, society than a complex, heterogamous one
A. True
B. False
7: Individuals with more education and higher occupational prestige are more likely than those with working-class jobs to join religions that stress obedience and submission to authority.
A. True
B. False
8: What is the theoretical perspective concerned with myths and rituals?
A. Rational choice
B. Symbolic interactionism
C. Conflict theory
D. Structural functionalism
9: New Religious Movements only come into a country as immigrants enter from other lands.
A. True
B. False
10: There is more fluidity in religious membership now than at any other time in history.
A. True
B. False
11: The set of beliefs, rites, and symbols that sacralize the values of the society and place the nation in the context of transcendent meaning, often giving it divine significance is ___ religion
A. Civil
B. Islamic
C. Nonlsamic
D. All of these
12: Centralized coordinating bodies or associations that link local congregations with a similar history and theology is called denominations
A. True
B. False
13: The pattern of people belonging to religious groups that espouse values and characteristics compatible with their social status and self-interests is called
A. Electron affinity
B. Myths
C. NRMS
D. Rituals
14: Stories that transmit values and embody ideas about life and the world is called
A. Electron affinity
B. Myths
C. NRMS
D. Rituals
15: The beginning phase of an entirely new religion is called
A. Electron affinity
B. Myths
C. NRMS
D. Rituals
16: Ceremonies or repetitive practices, often used to invoke a sense of awe of the sacred and to make certain ideas sacred is called
A. Electron affinity
B. Myths
C. NRMS
D. Rituals
17: The diminishing influence and role of religion in everyday life is seculariztion
A. True
B. False
18: Government in which religious leaders rule society in accordance with God’s presumed wishes is theocracy
A. True
B. False
19: Animism is the ________; examples of it are ________.
A. Worship of a god or gods; Hinduism and Islam
B. Belief that spirits are present in the natural world; totemism and shamanism
C. Microsociology; denominations
D. None of these
20: Religion, education, family, and the media are all examples of __________.
A. Sacred
B. Social institutions
C. Megachurch
D. Gender and age
21: Although larger than a cult, a _____ still feels substantial hostility from and toward society.
A. Religion
B. Sect
C. Church
D. State religion
22: In the united states, the _____ of churches is based on _____.
A. Ntegration; law
B. Segregation; law
C. Segregation; custom
D. Integration; custom
23: Remarriages are _____ as first marriages.
A. More likely to end in divorce.
B. Crude divorce rate
C. Refined divorce
D. Economic divorce
24: The "protestant ethic" is what weber called the approach taken by the __________.
A. Firebrands of the French Revolution
B. Adherents of Buddhism
C. Followers of the pope
D. Followers of John Calvin
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