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Which of the following is a key feature of many religious and cultural beliefs about the afterlife? |
| | A) | Going toward a white light |
| | B) | Some form of judgment |
| | C) | Eternal punishment |
| | D) | Eternal bliss |
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The ideas about death and the afterlife in the Bible |
| | A) | emphasize eternal damnation. |
| | B) | evolved over a long period of time. |
| | C) | remained the same for thousands of years. |
| | D) | emphasize death as the ultimate test. |
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Why does Judaic thought emphasize righteous conduct? |
| | A) | It leads to the promised land. |
| | B) | It guarantees future rewards for the individual. |
| | C) | It leads to harmony in the present life. |
| | D) | It leads to Pardes. |
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How could a person achieve social immortality in ancient Greece? |
| | A) | By being a good soldier |
| | B) | By seeking personal rewards |
| | C) | By being a good citizen |
| | D) | By joining a mystery cult |
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Which of the following statements best reflects the understanding of resurrection in early Christianity? |
| | A) | The soul is eternal and is released from the body at death. |
| | B) | It is a special kind of bodily existence and has spiritual meaning. |
| | C) | It involves an intermediate state called purgatory. |
| | D) | It involves the completion of one cycle and the beginning of another. |
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Two tombstone inscriptions from the American colonial period are cited in the text: "Sleeping, but will someday meet her maker" and "Gone to his eternal reward." What is the most important insight to be gained from these inscriptions? |
| | A) | Tombstone inscriptions tend to display a shared commonality of belief in time. |
| | B) | Tombstone inscriptions should be personalized |
| | C) | Tombstone inscriptions comfort the bereaved. |
| | D) | Tombstone inscriptions show how contrasting ideas about the afterlife can coexist in time. |
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A basic premise of Islamic teaching about death is that |
| | A) | it involves intermediate states. |
| | B) | the released soul merges with the universe. |
| | C) | God determines the span of a person's life. |
| | D) | the soul journeys into transmigration. |
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The Islamic vision of the afterlife is |
| | A) | physical. |
| | B) | spiritual. |
| | C) | both spiritual and physical. |
| | D) | neither spiritual nor physical. |
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Which of the following statements best reflects the view of reality found in the Chinese Book of Changes? |
| | A) | The progression of events begins with creation and ends with resolution of the cosmic story at the end of time. |
| | B) | Life and death are manifestations of a constantly changing reality. |
| | C) | The soul journeys through a series of incarnational experiences. |
| | D) | Intellectual and cultural achievements are more important than divine intervention and supernatural religion. |
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In Asian religions, the moral law of cause and effect is termed |
| | A) | samsara. |
| | B) | moksha. |
| | C) | karma. |
| | D) | munka.r |
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Nirvana is best defined as |
| | A) | an intermediate or transitional state. |
| | B) | causality. |
| | C) | the illusion that creates a body, identifies with it, and regards itself as an embodied soul. |
| | D) | extinction. |
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Which of the following is a challenge to traditional religious beliefs about human existence and death? |
| | A) | Consequentialism |
| | B) | Physicalism |
| | C) | Secularism |
| | D) | Altruism |
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The primary focus of existentialism is on |
| | A) | living in such a way that we make each day count. |
| | B) | individual responsibility for making choices that define who we are and what we will become. |
| | C) | recognizing that this life is the only one we have and we must do our best to help others. |
| | D) | regarding our communal immortality as the guide to actions taken in the present life. |
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Approximately what percentage of Americans say they believe in life after death? |
| | A) | 50 percent |
| | B) | 60 percent |
| | C) | 70 percent |
| | D) | 80 percent |
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Which of the following is a core element associated with near-death experiences? |
| | A) | Going on a fantastic voyage |
| | B) | Departing from the body |
| | C) | Taking an afterlife pilgrimage |
| | D) | Making a journey to the underworld |
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Panoramic life review usually involves |
| | A) | reviewing all of the bad things a person has done. |
| | B) | visions of the person's future and reactions of friends and relatives at his or her funeral. |
| | C) | visions of the person's whole life or selected highlights of it. |
| | D) | reviewing all of the good things a person has done. |
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According to psychological interpretations of near-death experiences, which of the following involves a defensive reaction to the threat of death and detachment from one's body? |
| | A) | Massive cortical disinhibition |
| | B) | Depersonalization |
| | C) | Soul travel |
| | D) | Temporal lobe paroxysm |
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According to psychological explanation provided by Russell Noyes and Roy Kletti, what are the three stages of near-death experiences and in what sequence to they occur? |
| | A) | Life review, transcendence, resistance |
| | B) | Resistance, transcendence, life review |
| | C) | Life review, resistance, transcendence |
| | D) | Resistance, life review, transcendence |
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In early studies involving the therapeutic administration of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) to patients suffering intense pain, researchers concluded that the pain-relieving effects were mainly |
| | A) | physical. |
| | B) | psychological. |
| | C) | social. |
| | D) | spiritual. |
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Using the "wall/door" metaphor, the Hindu perspective would be that death is |
| | A) | a wall. |
| | B) | a door. |
| | C) | both a wall and a door. |
| | D) | neither a wall nor a door. |
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