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               

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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

 

What is the best English translation of the Diné concept “hózhó”?

Harmonious conditions

Unharmonious conditions

Holy People

Changing Woman

 

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

True

False

 

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

 

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

 

According to Albanese, extraordinary religion helps people transcend…

Hate

their everyday culture and concerns

violence

their class struggles

 

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

 

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

 

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

True

False

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

Inuit Thule

Inuk

Inuit Nunangat

 

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.

 

According to Albanese, Ordinary Religion is more or less synonymous with…

Culture

Transcendence

Creeds

Inuit

 

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

Orientations

Friendship

common cause

kinship

 

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

 

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