East Asian Religion Practice Exam

Question 1 of 15

1

To summarize Yun-Sung Bum's argument:

Select one of the following:

The cause for misunderstanding from the Protestants and Catholics was a result of misinterpretation.
Ancestor rites aren't religious nature, but, instead, are civil. They venerate past ancestors, and honor living loved ones.
According to St. Paul, idolatry of this sort is impossible, for worshipping anything other than God is impossible if it is tangible.
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

The Mudang were a Central power: they sated the needs of the public, and were allowed to perform rituals/ceremonies in the public. These people were honored by the neo-Confucians.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

Following the Confucian ideal, the Japanese Wife and Mother, the Christian Family, came the New Woman. Why were her ideals so revolutionary?

Select one of the following:

They abided completely to previous ideals, but with a new name; however, this ideal brought together women of all ideals.
They changed the entire landscape of feminist thought, restructuring society to create an economically independent, modernized woman, built on education.
Neither.

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

In the Unification Church's Wine Ceremony, what is the process, and the significance?

Select one of the following:

The wife drinks the first half, the husband the second. The wife first symbolizes Eve, her Husband is Lucifer (to represent the sin), and the reverend as Adam. This is then reversed, where the wife offers her husband (now Adam) the wine, so he too can be purged of sin.
The husband drinks the first half, the wife the second. The husband first symbolizes Adam, his Wife is Eve, and the reverend as Lucifer. This is then reversed, where the husband offers his wife (now Lucifer) the wine, so she too can be purged of sin.

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

Shin Saimdang is a Korean artist whose work was first published on the 5000 won, with her son on the flip side. Recently, however, her face, along with her art, was published on the 1000 won.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

1

The best description of Iryop's argument is:

Select one of the following:

True freedom exists in multiple marriages, as love is, unlike all things, permanent. One must treasure their sense of individuality, and unlike the Zen Buddhists, refuse to become one with the universe.
True freedom does not exist in multiple marriages, as love is, like all things, impermanent. Instead, one must abandon their sense of individuality, and like the Zen Buddhists, become one with the universe.

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

All new religious movements have these two terms in common:

Select one of the following:

They are:
Syncretic: They join two or more already established religious philosophies.
Millenarian: They propose reform that changes the already established political order.
They are:
Syncretic: They join two or more already established religious philosophies.
Recency: They have appeared in the last fifty years.
They are:
Membership: New members must have joined the movement with intent to stay.
Millenarian: They propose reform that changes the already established political order.
They are:
Membership: New members must have joined the movement with intent to stay.
Recency: They have appeared in the last fifty years.

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

Chastity, to Iryop, is:

Select one of the following:

Something that be renewed and refreshed with every new love.
Something that does not equate to morality.
Both.

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

1

What were the results of Japan taking Korea as a colony?

Select one of the following:

Shinto rites were enforced in schools, causing Korean schools to both shut down their schools or turn them over to the government.
Forced Korean Christians to contact the Vatican to rectify issues regarding the forced worship of Shinto Rites.
Neither A nor B.
Both A and B.

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

How was your position in society dictated, when considering Confucian society?

Select one of the following:

The rituals you did or did not take part in.
If you were a woman, by how many male children you bore.
Specifically A.
Specifically B.

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

Fujita Himiko's reinterpretation of the Urashima Taro places:

Select one of the following:

Herself as Ryugu Otohime, her father as Susano-o, Urashima as all of humanity, the box he opened as sin, and the palace below the sea as a paradise for mankind.
Herself as Susano-o, her father as Ursahima, Susano-o as all of humanity, the box he opened as sin, and the palace below the sea as a paradise for mankind.
Herself as Ursashima, her father as Susano-o, Ryugu Otohime as all of humanity, the box he opened as sin, and the palace below the sea as a paradise for mankind.

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

For the world to be saved, the Ryugu Otohime Group believes that:

Select one of the following:

The proper lineage to the throne must be restored.
Women must be revered.
Minorities must be freed.
The Ainu must be recognized.
Only Chinese must be spoken in Japan.
A, B, and C.
A, C, and D.
B, C, and D.

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

The recognized religions of China are:

Select one or more of the following:

Judaism
Daoism
Atheism
Catholicism
Protestantism
Buddhism
Islam
Communism

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East Asian Religion Practice Exam

Question 1 of 15

To summarize Yun-Sung Bum's argument:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

The Mudang were a Central power: they sated the needs of the public, and were allowed to perform rituals/ceremonies in the public. These people were honored by the neo-Confucians.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

Following the Confucian ideal, the Japanese Wife and Mother, the Christian Family, came the New Woman. Why were her ideals so revolutionary?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

In the Unification Church's Wine Ceremony, what is the process, and the significance?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

Shin Saimdang is a Korean artist whose work was first published on the 5000 won, with her son on the flip side. Recently, however, her face, along with her art, was published on the 1000 won.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

The best description of Iryop's argument is:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

All new religious movements have these two terms in common:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

Chastity, to Iryop, is:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

What were the results of Japan taking Korea as a colony?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

How was your position in society dictated, when considering Confucian society?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

Fujita Himiko's reinterpretation of the Urashima Taro places:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

For the world to be saved, the Ryugu Otohime Group believes that:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

The recognized religions of China are:

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

How is the Ryugu Otohime group Abrahamic?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

Sun Myung Moon served time in prison, which led him to believe:

Select one of the following:

Explanation