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Question 1.The word "religion" literally means:

to meditate on.
to worship.
to bind again.
to rise above.

Question 2.The Way of Faith is normally associated with:

Hinduism.
Buddhism.
Catholic Christianity.
Protestant Christianity.

Question 3.This author made an important distinction between personal religious experience and institutional religion:

Ludwig Feuerbach
William James
Blaise Pascal
Rudolf Otto

Question 4.The sociologist who emphasized that individual religions arise from and express the values of their societies was:

Levi-Strauss.
Durkheim.
Foucault.
Sartre.

Question 5.The word "maya" means:

liberation.
the moral law of cause and effect.
reincarnation.
illusion.

Question 6.The Bhagavad Gita is part of a long poem called:
The Iliad.
The Puranas.
Rig Veda.
Mahabharata.

Question 7.Bhakti yoga is:

the path to God through knowledge.
the path to God through loving devotion.
the path to God through work.
the path to God through meditation.

Question 8.In Hinduism, dharma refers to:

postures used in meditation.
one's social duty.
a style of drumming.
faith in a teacher.

Question 9. Mahavira and the other figures associated with the establishment of Jainism are called Tirthankaras, which means:

noble ones.
crossing makers.
conquerors.
enlightened.