 - 1. What is the primary context of the creationism controversy in the US?
A) Private colleges B) Homeschooling networks C) Public education D) Religious seminaries
- 2. What is one of the legal concerns regarding teaching creationism in science classes?
A) Copyright infringement of textbooks B) Separation of church and state C) Violation of local tax laws D) Discrimination against atheists
- 3. What movement advocates for teaching the controversy in science classes?
A) Intelligent design movement B) Modern creationist history C) Secular education reform D) Scientific evolution movement
- 4. What is the criticism leveled against intelligent design advocates regarding their goals?
A) They have ignored public polling B) They have rejected historical data C) They have conflated science with religion D) They have demanded the end of public schooling
- 5. How many North Americans were polled by People for the American Way in 1999?
A) 500 B) 1500 C) 1000 D) 2500
- 6. What was the poll finding regarding North Americans' familiarity with creationism?
A) Everyone was familiar with it B) Most were experts on it C) Most were not familiar with it D) Few had ever heard of it
- 7. What did the 1999 poll reveal about North Americans' understanding of evolution?
A) Very few had ever heard of the theory B) Most disagreed with the theory entirely C) Many did not fully understand the basics of the theory D) Most understood the theory perfectly
- 8. According to the text, how do creationists describe their own origin beliefs?
A) Irrelevant to political debate B) Superior to those of other belief systems C) Identical to scientific theories D) Equal to secular rationales
- 9. Whose origin beliefs do political creationists specifically argue against?
A) Those made through artistic expression B) Those made through ancient mythology C) Those made through theological study D) Those made through secular or scientific rationale
- 10. Who opposes political creationists in the context of scientific reasoning?
A) Many individuals and organizations B) Local school boards only C) The government exclusively D) Only religious leaders
- 11. What is the stance of the scientific community regarding the alternatives to scientific reasoning offered by creationists?
A) They support them B) They are neutral C) They have not expressed an opinion D) They oppose them
- 12. According to a 2011 Ipsos survey, what percentage of South Africans identified as creationists?
A) 42% B) 56% C) 63% D) 40%
- 13. What did the 2009 EBS survey in South Korea find regarding the teaching of creation and evolution?
A) 56% believed only evolution should be taught B) 40% believed only creation should be taught C) 63% believed both should be taught simultaneously D) 34% believed neither should be taught
- 14. According to the 2017 Pew Research poll, what percentage of Americans believe humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time?
A) 19% B) 62% C) 40% D) 34%
- 15. In the 2019 Gallup survey, what percentage of US adults believed God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years?
A) 34% B) 31% C) 40% D) 42%
- 16. What percentage of Americans, according to a 2014 Gallup poll, believe humans developed over millions of years with God guiding the process?
A) 19% B) 42% C) 40% D) 31%
- 17. What is the correlation between belief in creationism and education level according to the text?
A) Inversely correlated B) Directly correlated C) Positively correlated D) No correlation
- 18. Among those with postgraduate degrees, what percentage accept evolution?
A) 74% B) 70% C) 40% D) 45%
- 19. How many scientists with respectable credentials were reported by Newsweek in 1987 to give credence to creation-science?
A) 700 B) 400 C) 480,000 D) 1,000
- 20. What percentage of the US public felt evolution was compatible with a belief in God in a 2000 poll?
A) 70% B) 50% C) 31% D) 45%
- 21. In the study published in Science comparing 1985 and 2005, what was the percentage of Americans who were unsure about evolution in 2005?
A) 7% B) 39% C) 40% D) 21%
- 22. Which country had a lower acceptance of evolution than the United States according to the study in Science?
A) Japan B) South Africa C) Turkey D) South Korea
- 23. According to the 2011 Fox News poll, what percentage of Americans believe in creationism?
A) 27% B) 45% C) 50% D) 21%
- 24. Who did Bill Nye debate in February 2014 regarding creationism as a model of origins?
A) Darwin B) The Associated Press C) An anonymous educator D) Ken Ham
- 25. What do Hindu creationists believe species of plants and animals are?
A) Divine sculptures made of clay B) Biological accidents resulting from evolution C) Ancient extraterrestrial organisms D) Material forms adopted by pure consciousness
- 26. Hindu creationism is considered a form of which type of creationism?
A) Young Earth creationism B) Old Earth creationism C) Gap creationism D) Intelligent design creationism
- 27. Upon which texts are Hindu creationist views based?
A) The Quran B) The Vedas C) The Upanishads D) The Torah
- 28. What is the progenitor of mankind in Hindu cosmology called?
A) Manu B) Sandhya C) Pralaya D) Brahma
- 29. How long does a manvantara last?
A) 4.32 billion years B) 155.52 trillion years C) 311.04 trillion years D) 306.72 million years
- 30. What follows the destruction of mankind at the end of a manvantara?
A) A rebirth B) A maha-pralaya C) A sandhya D) A kalpa
- 31. How much time has elapsed in the current manvantara?
A) 1.97 billion years B) 306.72 million years C) 155.52 trillion years D) 120.53 million years
- 32. How long does a kalpa, or day of Brahma, last?
A) 4.32 billion years B) 311.04 trillion years C) 306.72 million years D) 1.97 billion years
- 33. What period of equal length follows a kalpa?
A) A manvantara B) A pralaya C) A maha-kalpa D) A sandhya
- 34. How much time has elapsed in the current kalpa?
A) 311.04 trillion years B) 155.52 trillion years C) 120.53 million years D) 1.97 billion years
- 35. What is the duration of a maha-kalpa?
A) 311.04 trillion years B) 306.72 million years C) 4.32 billion years D) 1.97 billion years
- 36. Which school of thought holds that scientific analysis of the universe is supported by the Quran?
A) Young Earth creationism B) Atheism C) Salafi-Wahhabism D) Theistic evolutionism
- 37. Which scholar declared there is no contradiction between evolution and Islamic scriptures?
A) Hussein al-Jisr B) Khalid Anees C) Ronald Numbers D) Drake Bennett
- 38. Which government began funding the denial of evolution in the 1970s?
A) Lebanon B) Saudi Arabia C) Iran D) Turkey
- 39. What has Turkey been a site of since the 1980s?
A) Strong advocacy for creationism B) The rejection of all Islamic traditions C) Strict secular scientific education D) Hindu-Muslim interfaith dialogue
- 40. How do Old Earth creationists generally interpret the Book of Genesis?
A) Figuratively B) As a scientific textbook C) As a literal historical record D) As a collection of myths
- 41. How does Gap creationism view the six days of creation mentioned in Genesis?
A) As billions of years B) As metaphors for progress C) As distinct evolutionary epochs D) As six literal 24-hour days
- 42. What event might Gap creationists associate with the 'world that then was'?
A) The Great Flood B) The parting of the Red Sea C) The tower of Babel D) Lucifer's rebellion
- 43. Who created the continuum of religious views regarding creation and evolution?
A) Carl Baugh B) Eugenie Scott C) Ken Ham D) Doug Phillips
- 44. In what year was the first version of the continuum published in Reports of the NCSE?
A) 1989 B) 2009 C) 2005 D) 1999
- 45. Which museum was opened by Carl Baugh to promote young Earth creationism?
A) Ark Encounter B) Creation Evidence Museum C) Creation Museum D) Institute for Creation Research Museum
- 46. Which of the following organizations is explicitly linked to the promotion of young Earth views in Australia and South Africa?
A) Creation Research Society B) Creation Ministries International C) Institute for Creation Research D) Answers in Genesis
- 47. What chronology is mentioned as consistent with the Young Earth creationist view of the universe's age?
A) Darwinian chronology B) Radiometric dating scale C) Ussher chronology D) Geological time scale
- 48. In which state is the Ark Encounter located?
A) Texas B) Kentucky C) New York D) California
- 49. What term is often used to describe creationism in the text?
A) Evolutionary B) Pseudoscientific C) Atheistic D) Empirical
- 50. Who is credited with the earliest use of the term 'creationist' in the provided text?
A) Adam B) Noah C) Asa Gray D) Charles Darwin
- 51. What process does progressive creationism explicitly reject?
A) Genetic variability B) Environmental adaptation C) Microevolution D) Macroevolution
- 52. Who founded the organization Reasons To Believe?
A) Hugh Ross B) Charles Darwin C) The founders of young Earth creationism D) The creators of flood geology
- 53. When did creation science first emerge?
A) The 1960s B) The 1990s C) The 1860s D) The early 20th century
- 54. What term is used in creation science to describe the original 'created kinds'?
A) Baramins B) Genetic variants C) Macro-organisms D) Evolved species
- 55. What is the status of creation science in the text?
A) A proven archaeological methodology B) A sub-branch of progressive creationism C) A pseudoscience D) A mainstream biological theory
- 56. Which US Supreme Court case influenced the emergence of neo-creationism?
A) Brown v. Board of Education B) Edwards v. Aguillard C) Marbury v. Madison D) Roe v. Wade
- 57. What legal basis did the Supreme Court use to reject creationism in curricula?
A) Equal Protection Clause B) Free Speech Clause C) Establishment Clause D) Due Process Clause
- 58. What term do neo-creationists use to refer to evolution and related concepts?
A) Modern biology B) Scientific naturalism C) Materialism D) Darwinism
- 59. According to neo-creationists, what does the scientific method exclude?
A) Supernatural elements B) Mathematical calculations C) Empirical observation D) Experimental data
- 60. Which organization are leading proponents of Intelligent design associated with?
A) The Royal Society B) Discovery Institute C) The American Association for the Advancement of Science D) The National Science Foundation
- 61. What is the geocentric model also known as?
A) The Newtonian model B) The Heliocentric system C) The Ptolemaic system D) The Big Bang theory
- 62. Which ancient philosopher is associated with a geocentric system?
A) Aristotle B) Charles Darwin C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
- 63. What test is mentioned as a legal hurdle for teaching Intelligent design?
A) The Lemon test B) The Creation test C) The Dover test D) The Science test
- 64. In Australia, who raised the notion of teaching Intelligent design in science classes?
A) The Prime Minister B) The state government C) The local school board D) Brendan Nelson
- 65. What is the meaning of the Greek word 'omphalos'?
A) Creation. B) Navel. C) Mountain. D) Ancient.
- 66. Who authored the 1857 book titled Omphalos?
A) Baden Powell. B) Charles Kingsley. C) Philip Henry Gosse. D) Asa Gray.
- 67. What is the Buddhist view regarding a creator deity?
A) Buddhism believes in a creator named Mahabrahma B) Buddhism considers the universe self-created C) Buddhism denies a creator deity D) Buddhism believes in multiple creators
- 68. Which country is noted as an exception where religious fundamentalism significantly affects attitudes toward evolution?
A) Great Britain B) The United States C) France D) Germany
- 69. What factor does the text suggest might contribute to the unique stance on evolution in the US?
A) A lack of scientific education B) Economic instability C) Direct government mandates D) Political partisanship
- 70. Who stated that the belief that everything depends on God's creative act is compatible with scientific uncertainty?
A) John Polkinghorne B) Pope John Paul II C) Rowan Williams D) Charles Kingsley
- 71. Which early thinker argued that God created everything at the same moment rather than in six days?
A) Mary Baker Eddy B) Philo C) Frederick Temple D) Saint Augustine
- 72. Which religious group, as of 2008, had the highest percentage of members rejecting the evolutionary interpretation of life?
A) Lutherans B) Jehovah's Witnesses C) Anglicans D) Evangelical Protestants
- 73. What does the Hebrew word 'Olam' (עולם) mean?
A) Hidden B) Eternal C) Creation D) Beginning
- 74. Who is the former Johns Hopkins philosophy professor mentioned as advancing the view that the world was created in its observed state?
A) Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan B) Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb C) Rabbi Gedalyah Nadel D) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
- 75. Which Rabbi argued that each day mentioned in the Bible could represent billions of years?
A) Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb B) Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan C) Rabbi Gedalyah Nadel D) Nahmanides
- 76. Who is the best-known exponent of the view that the world was created to look older than it is, such as containing ready-made fossils?
A) Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb B) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson C) Nehunya ben HaKanah D) Isaac ben Samuel of Acre
- 77. According to the text, who expounded that Adam mated with a Neanderthal-like species?
A) Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb B) Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan C) Rabbi Gedalyah Nadel D) Nahmanides
- 78. Which early kabbalistic work is cited by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan regarding the age of the universe?
A) The Olam B) Torah C) Sefer Temunah D) Nehunya
- 79. What is the reason given by some Orthodox Jews for the apparent discrepancies between science and the Bible?
A) The Bible is incorrect B) Science is a hoax C) Epistemological limits D) The Torah was rewritten
- 80. Who is attributed as the author of the early kabbalistic work 'Sefer Temunah'?
A) Nehunya ben HaKanah B) Nahmanides C) David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra D) Isaac ben Samuel of Acre
- 81. Which Native American author is famously associated with rejecting the scientific consensus on the age of the Earth in his book 'Red Earth, White Lies'?
A) Geromino B) Vine Deloria Jr. C) Sitting Bull D) Black Elk
- 82. What percentage of Australians believed in a 'wholly scientific' explanation for the origins of life in the 2009 Nielsen poll?
A) 42% B) 23% C) 80% D) 32%
- 83. What percentage of people in a 2004 IBOPE poll in Brazil believed that creationism should be taught in schools?
A) 89% B) 75% C) 50% D) 47%
- 84. According to the 2004 IBOPE poll, what percentage of Brazilians believed that the teaching of creationism should replace the teaching of evolution?
A) 47% B) 10% C) 89% D) 75%
- 85. What percentage of Canadians believed in evolution according to the 2012 Angus Reid Public Opinion survey?
A) 43% B) 21% C) 38% D) 61%
- 86. In the UK 2010 YouGov poll, what percentage of participants opted for evolutionary theory as the correct explanation for the origin of humans?
A) 9% B) 65% C) 17% D) 22%
- 87. Which Italian Education Minister attempted to retire evolution from the secondary school curriculum before reversing the decision after protests?
A) Letizia Moratti B) Mirosław Orzechowski C) Roman Giertych D) Ljiljana Čolić
- 88. Which country suspended the teaching of evolution for one week in 2004?
A) Serbia B) Poland C) Italy D) Armenia
- 89. Who was the Member of the European Parliament that claimed dinosaurs and humans co-existed?
A) Mirosław Orzechowski B) Roman Giertych C) Rowan Williams D) Maciej Giertych
- 90. According to the 2015-2016 Pew poll, which country had the highest percentage of people who believe humans have existed in their present state since the beginning of time?
A) Czech Republic B) Armenia C) Poland D) Russia
- 91. In the 2023 Research Co. poll, what percentage of Canadians thought creationism should be part of the school curriculum?
A) 43% B) 23% C) 39% D) 21%
- 92. How many signatures has The Clergy Letter Project collected?
A) About 5,000. B) More than 13,000. C) Exactly 1,000. D) Fewer than 500.
- 93. Who wrote the 2002 article titled 'Intelligent Design as a Theological Problem'?
A) Paul the Apostle. B) George Murphy. C) George Coyne. D) Phillip E. Johnson.
- 94. Whose claim does George Murphy quote regarding God leaving 'fingerprints' on all the evidence?
A) Phillip E. Johnson. B) George Coyne. C) The Catholic Church. D) Isaiah.
- 95. What term does Murphy use to describe the idea that one cannot invoke God to explain natural phenomena?
A) Metaphysical naturalism. B) Literal creationism. C) Methodological naturalism. D) Scientific evolutionism.
- 96. What is the difference between methodological naturalism and metaphysical naturalism according to Murphy?
A) Metaphysical is the scientific standard. B) Methodological denies God's existence. C) Methodological is about method, metaphysical claims nature is all that exists. D) They are the exact same concept.
- 97. How did Rowan Williams describe creationism in relation to the Bible?
A) A scientific breakthrough B) An essential doctrine C) A category mistake D) A proven theory
- 98. What term does Stephen Jay Gould use to describe the distinct areas of science and religion?
A) Religious hegemony B) Scientific dominance C) Non-overlapping magisteria D) Empirical separation
- 99. What is Richard Dawkins' stance on the relationship between science and religion?
A) He agrees with Stephen Jay Gould B) He supports teaching creationism in schools C) He believes religion is the primary source of truth D) He rejects the non-overlapping magisteria view
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