- 1. Where did Western religions originate?
A) Western culture
B) The Middle East
C) African culture
D) Eastern culture
- 2. Which term is often used instead of the East and West terminology for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
A) Mystery religions
B) Neopagan religions
C) Abrahamic religions
D) Hellenistic religions
- 3. In what century was Christianity adopted as the state church of the Roman Empire?
A) Early 4th century
B) 16th century
C) 11th century
D) Late 4th century
- 4. What term largely indicates the intertwined history of Western culture and Christianity?
A) Christendom
B) Antiquity
C) Neopaganism
D) Hellenism
- 5. Which philosophy notably influenced Western Christianity?
A) Neoplatonism
B) Epicureanism
C) Cynicism
D) Stoicism
- 6. Western Christianity is largely based on which tradition of the Catholic Church?
A) Eastern Orthodoxy
B) Latin Church
C) Chaldean tradition
D) Protestant tradition
- 7. What event divided Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy in the 11th century?
A) The Orientalizing period
B) The Great Schism
C) The Reformation
D) The Roman imperial cult
- 8. When did Protestant traditions begin to split from the Catholic Church?
A) 16th century
B) 4th century
C) 19th century
D) 11th century
- 9. Since which century has Western religion diversified into numerous new religious movements?
A) 16th century
B) 11th century
C) 19th century
D) 4th century
- 10. Which of the following is a new religious movement mentioned as emerging since the 19th century?
A) Occultism
B) Gnosticism
C) Mithraism
D) Orphism
- 11. Out of what classical period did the West as a culture historically evolve?
A) The Middle Ages
B) The Hellenistic period
C) The Orientalizing period
D) Greco-Roman classical antiquity
- 12. What type of religions were Greek and Roman polytheism?
A) Monotheistic
B) Atheistic
C) Pantheistic
D) Polytheistic
- 13. During which period of Greek antiquity are Eastern influences evident from the earliest times?
A) The Orientalizing period
B) The Hellenistic period
C) The Classical period
D) The Roman Empire period
- 14. Which tradition was influenced by Persian culture?
A) Germanic religion
B) Mithraism
C) Orphism
D) Latin Church tradition
- 15. Which culture had an influence on mystery religions, astrology, and magic alongside Chaldean influence?
A) Celtic
B) Egyptian
C) Greek
D) Germanic
- 16. What process marginalized or overlaid the inherited traditions of native Roman religion?
A) The Great Schism
B) The Roman imperial cult
C) Interpretatio graeca
D) Neoplatonism
- 17. What evolved into a civil religion involving state ritual rather than religious faith or experience?
A) Eastern Orthodoxy
B) Germanic religion
C) Early Christianity
D) The Roman imperial cult
- 18. How did Roman ethnography describe Celtic and Germanic religion?
A) Monotheistic
B) Primitive
C) Modern and sophisticated
D) Urban and decadent
- 19. How else was Celtic and Germanic religion described by Roman ethnography alongside being primitive?
A) Corrupted by magic
B) Influenced by Persia
C) Decadent and urban
D) Pure or unspoiled
- 20. What event divided Western Christianity in the 16th century?
A) The Great Awakening
B) The Protestant Reformation
C) The Great Schism
D) The Renaissance
- 21. Which of the following are pronouncedly 'Western' forms of Christianity?
A) Hermeticism and Neoplatonism
B) Puritanism and Evangelicalism
C) Medieval fairy-tales and magic
D) Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism
- 22. Where are movements resulting from the Great Awakenings popularly practiced?
A) Eastern Europe
B) Asia Minor
C) United States
D) Latin America
- 23. For at least how long has Europe been nearly equivalent to Christian culture?
A) Three hundred years
B) A millennium and a half
C) Five hundred years
D) Two millennia
- 24. Which areas of Western civilization were guided by Christian culture?
A) Exclusively magic and occult practices
B) Philosophy, art, music, science, social structure, and architecture
C) Only politics and trade
D) Only literature and agriculture
- 25. What is Renaissance magic a resurgence of?
A) Medieval fairy-tale traditions
B) Hermeticism and Neoplatonic varieties of the magical arts
C) Protestant Reformation practices
D) Eastern Orthodox theology
- 26. Along with what movement did Renaissance magic arise in the 15th and 16th centuries CE?
A) Puritanism
B) The Great Awakening
C) The Great Schism
D) Renaissance humanism
- 27. Who highlighted the transformation in how magic was perceived and portrayed in English literature?
A) Marlowe
B) Spenser
C) C. S. Lewis
D) Shakespeare
- 28. How did medieval stories portray magic?
A) As complex and tied to hidden knowledge in books
B) As a serious and potentially dangerous pursuit
C) As part of the Protestant Reformation
D) With a fantastical and fairy-like quality
- 29. How was magic perceived during the Renaissance?
A) Simple and fairy-like
B) More complex and tied to hidden knowledge through books and rituals
C) Equivalent to Eastern Orthodoxy
D) Irrelevant to cultural perspectives
- 30. Which authors' works show the Renaissance change in the perception of magic?
A) Spenser, Marlowe, Chapman, and Shakespeare
B) Authors of the Great Schism
C) C. S. Lewis and historical theologians
D) Leaders of the Great Awakenings
- 31. How did Spenser, Marlowe, Chapman, and Shakespeare treat magic?
A) As a serious and potentially dangerous pursuit
B) As a branch of Christian liturgy
C) As simple entertainment
D) As a silly fairy-tale
- 32. Which revolution inspired the French Revolution regarding the idea of secularization?
A) Russian Revolution
B) American Revolution
C) Industrial Revolution
D) Glorious Revolution
- 33. German mediatization and the separation of church and state were part of European constitutions drawn up after which year?
A) 1789
B) 1914
C) 1848
D) 1815
- 34. What principle introduced in Western society in the early 19th century facilitated the emergence of new religious movements?
A) Mandatory secularism
B) Divine right of kings
C) Religious freedom
D) State religion
- 35. What percentage of North America was Western Christian in 2012?
A) 77.4%
B) 90%
C) 61.1%
D) 76.2%
- 36. What percentage of Latin America was Western Christian in 2011?
A) 77.4%
B) 61.1%
C) 79%
D) 90%
- 37. What percentage of European Christians are Eastern Orthodox, especially in Eastern Europe?
A) 35%
B) 18%
C) 76%
D) 46%
- 38. What percentage of European Christians are Roman Catholic?
A) 18%
B) 76%
C) 35%
D) 46%
- 39. What percentage of European Christians are Protestant?
A) 18%
B) 76%
C) 35%
D) 46%
- 40. What percentage of Australia-New Zealand was Western Christian in 2011?
A) 77.4%
B) 90%
C) 61.1%
D) 79%
- 41. What percentage of South Africa was Western Christian?
A) 79%
B) 90%
C) 77.4%
D) 61.1%
- 42. What is the second largest religion in Europe?
A) Islam
B) Buddhism
C) Hinduism
D) Judaism
- 43. What is the approximate percentage of Muslims in Europe?
A) 1.7%
B) 10%
C) 6%
D) 3%
- 44. What is the approximate percentage of Muslims in Canada?
A) 5%
B) 3%
C) 6%
D) 1.7%
- 45. What is the approximate percentage of Jews in the United States?
A) 1.7%
B) 3%
C) 6%
D) 5%
- 46. What is the percentage of irreligious people in Australia?
A) 22%
B) 18.2%
C) 16.4%
D) 40%
- 47. What is the percentage of irreligious people in New Zealand?
A) 16%
B) 18.2%
C) 40%
D) 22%
- 48. What is the percentage of irreligious people in Europe?
A) 18.2%
B) 16.4%
C) 40%
D) 22%
- 49. What is the percentage of irreligious people in the USA?
A) 16%
B) 18.2%
C) 16.4%
D) 22%
- 50. What is the percentage of irreligious people in Canada?
A) 16.4%
B) 22%
C) 18.2%
D) 16%
- 51. Approximately what percentage of the population in the Western world adheres to non-Western religions?
A) 25%
B) 5%
C) 15%
D) 1%
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