Navigation » List of Schools » California State University, Northridge » Religion » Religious Studies 361 – Contemporary Ethical Issues » Spring 2020 » Midterm Exam
Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #2
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #3
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #4
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #5
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #6
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #7
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #8
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #9
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #10
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #11
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #12
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #13
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #14
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #15
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #16
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #17
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #18
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #20
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #21
A Kant’s “Grounds for Metaphysics of Morals”
B Plato’s Republic
C Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”
D Plato’s “Euthyphro”
Question #22
A Humans are originally pure, but Satan makes them sinful by tempting them
B Humans have divine nature and do not usually sin, but they make mistakes because of their lack of faith
C Humans nature is fallen and sinful from the beginning and they are unable to be good
D Humans are capable of being good, but because of their weakness choose to be bad
Question #23
A Plato
B Rumi
C Augustine
D Kant
Question #24
A Objects have three versions: The physical, which is the real, the imitation through art, which is the shadow and the imitation of the imitation, which is the third
B Objects are perceived in three ways: how people perceive them relatively, how people see them emotionally and how people interpret them subjectively
C Each object can have three versions: the one depicted by painters, art, imitators, the second – the actual physical, and the third, which is the only original, true idea of the object
D There is no one object, but numerous, because each person sees his/her own version of the object
Question #25
A Satan refused to bow down to newly created humans
B Satan wanted to become God
C Satan sinned and was cast out
D The garden of Eden
Question #26
A Asceticism
B Hedonism
C Moksha
D Bakhti Yoga
Question #27
A Usefulness and talents
B Realization that all art is fake
C One’s loyalty to duty
D Realization that moral actions will be rewarded in a higher reality
Question #28
A Islam/Original Sin
B Cultural Relativism/Universal, Objective Morality
C All pairs are correct
D Utilitarianism/Maximizing happiness for the majority
Question #29
A Nirvana
B Yoga
C Karma
D Kama
Question #30
A You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it is against the will of God
B You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it will produce bad education and will increase unhappiness for the majority
C You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because if cheating on exams was the moral norm, there would be no exams, so it doesn’t make sense
D Cheating is bad, but only in special cases you may, if it is necessary to achieve more important results.
Question #31
A Cultural Norms
B The 10 commandments
C Good Will
D Useful Consequences of actions
Question #32
A Bentham believes utilitarianism must maximize pleasure and happiness, but Mill believes in supernaturalism and intuitionism
B Mill thinks Happiness and Pleasure are not the final goal of human beings, but Bentham does
C Bentham believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks higher, dignified and quality pleasure is the final goal
D There is no difference, they both believe in the same principle of pleasure and happiness as the final goal
Question #33
A By necessity, highly metaphoric and symbolic
B Unnecessary and superstitious
C Urban and political
D Identical in all religions
Question #34
A Descriptivism
B Pluralism
C Realism
D Golden Rule
Question #35
A Kant is skeptical about morality and doesn’t believe there is objective morality
B Things are good and bad in themselves and consequences do not matter
C Things are good if they produce more pleasure
D An action is moral if it uses human beings as means to an end
Question #36
A Materialists, because it implies a belief that moral actions are simply emotional phenomenon and are not real or valid
B Religious people, because it implies a belief in the emotional validity of the human soul
C Moral actions are driven by inner motivation originated from consciousness
D Morality is different for different people and it all depends on their culture and upbringing
Question #37
A One should always chose the lesser of two evils
B Before taking action, one should carefully weigh “for” and “against” arguments
C Moral statements that cannot be proven empirically, based on sensory data, are simply feelings and are meaningless
D All spiritual things are logical and therefore moral
Question #38
A Humans possess innate ability to foresee upcoming events
B Humans have a soul and a spirit and both are immaterial
C Human soul reincarnates in many bodies based on its karmic debt
D Moral choices can only be made based on inner conviction and knowledge of right and wrong.
Question #39
A Utilitarianist
B Cultural Relativist
C Societal Platonist
D Political Sceptic
Question #40
A Bentham and Mill
B Anselm and Augustine
C Rumi and Lewis
D Kant and Ross