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1
Which of the following is one of the four Aristotelian causes?
Proximate cause
Formal cause
Natural cause
Effective cause
2
In Aeschylus play Agamemnon who is the murderer of Agamemnon?
Aegisthus
Orestes
The Eumenides
Clytemnestra
3
What do the Gnostics believe about the material creation?
It is the only path to the Divine
It is entirely corrupt and a spiritual catastrophe
It is a synthetic combination of spiritual and material causes
It is completely illusory
4
In Aristotle's ethics what is the highest value?
Friendship
Citizenship
Scholarship
Statesmanship
5
Who composed the Oresteia trilogy?
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Euripides
6
What are the four cardinal virtues for Aristotle?
Political, Domestic, and Intellectual
Courage, Justice, Temperance, and Practical Wisdom
Faith, Hope, Charity, and Temperance
Reason,
7
Prior to the agricultural revolution the dominant belief system was most likely which of the following?
Paganism
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
8
The Eumenides is Greek for which of the following?
The Kindly Ones
The Vengeful Ones
The Daughters of Eumaeus
The Furies
9
The word septuagint refers to what?
A list of extreme dietary restrictions for Sadducees.
A famous rabi
A Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible primarily for Greek Jews.
Seventy translators
10
Manichaeism is what kind of religion?
Jewish
Christian
Pagan
Gnostic
11
"I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts [...] and they shall be my people."
This verse, spoken by Jesus, inspired the Apostle Paul.
This verse validates the Mosaic law.
This verse splits Christianity from the emerging Judaic tradition.
This verse intends to bring more Jews into emerging Christian Church.
12
Plato's Apology depicts which of the following events?
Plato's speech of apology for failing in battle
Socrates speech defending himself against the charge of corrupting youth
Socrates attending a drinking party at the festival of Dionysus
Socrates final night before execution his
13
What building is pictured below?
The Telesterion in Elausis
The Agora in Athens
The Parthenon
The Delphic Oracle
14
In which Platonic dialogue does Socrates describe an afterlife that rewards virtuous living?
The Phaedo
The Republic
The Symposium
The Meno
15
In the play Oedipus At Colonus, Oedipus finds a final resting place in a grove sacred to which underworld Goddesses
Demeter and Persephone
The Eumenides
The Nymphs of Artemis
The Vengeful Ones
16
"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ"
Jesus
Paul of Tarsus
Augustine of Hippo
Peter
17
Who was Philo of Alexandria?
Translator of the Septuagint Bible.
The leader of Egyptian Essenes
A famous Pharisee
A biblical scholar famous for using allegorical interpretation.
18
St. Augustine strongly supported which of the following doctrines.
Jesus had no physical body.
Baptism in childhood is not valid
God the Father consubstantial with the son.
Original sin
19
In his Varieties Of Religious Experience, William James mentions two elements of mystic experiences?
Numinous truth - metaphysical reality and selflessness
ineffability - beyond words and noetic quality - giving certain knowledge
Luminosity - a sense of the divine and Otherness - an uncanny feeling
Terror and confusion
20
Plato's theory of forms draws on the theories of which two philosophers?
Hereclitus and Pythagoras
Thales and Anaximander
Socrates and Anytus
Democritus and Epicurus
21
Which poet wrote the Oedipus Cycle?
Menander
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
22
In classical mythology who is the murderer of Agamemnon?
Clytaemnestra
Orestes
Aegisthus
Odysseus
23
Tragedies were first performed at which festival?
The Pythian Games
The City Dionysia
Lupercalia
The Panathenaeum
24
Which of the following gods/goddesses is associated with crossing boundaries?
Dionysius
Athena
Apollo
Persephone
25
The Donatists believed what?
Baptisms done by priests that recanted on threat of torture were invalid.
Human effort can lead to salvation.
Salvation is determined by predestination.
Jesus was consubstantial with the Father
26
Iambe comforted what Goddess as she was searching for her lost daughter? And how did she do it?
She comforted the Eumenides by bringing her the head of Orestes on a pike
She comforted Demeter by telling her dirty jokes
She comforted Hera by letting her hold her infant child?
She comforted Artemis by telling her of a good place to hunt
27
The Allegory of the cave is from which Platonic Dialogue?
The Phaedo
The Symposium
The Meno
The Republic
28
The Taiping rebellion happened in _____ and involved belief in_____?
Babylon, Ishtar and Tammuzi
China, The Buddha
China, Jesus' Brother
Judea, John the Baptist
