A) An offshoot of Buddhism B) A single strictly unified tradition C) A purely monastic order D) A conglomerate of different religious traditions
A) Fate-based approach B) Indeterminism C) Complete rejection of karma D) Theory of absolute free will
A) Denial of individual existence B) Elimination of karma C) Proponents for the theory of free will D) Strictly fate-based approach
A) Scientific observations of nature B) Conceptions of the supreme Being and the individual Self C) Historical texts alone D) Political laws and societal structures
A) Karma destroys the individual Self completely B) Karma dictates or is dictated by the individual Self C) Karma has no connection to maya D) Karma is controlled solely by human governments
A) Certain saints, mystics, and the supreme being B) Only foreign philosophers C) Only ordinary human beings D) No one, as the future is entirely blank
A) Past, present, and all things yet to come B) Only the past and present C) Nothing about human actions D) Only future events
A) Not necessarily, as both can exist simultaneously B) Yes, destiny completely destroys free will C) No, because destiny does not exist at all D) Yes, free will is proven to be an illusion
A) Only pious activities B) No one's sinful or pious activities C) All human sinful activities D) Every single action of the mind
A) Surrender it completely to maya B) Punish the physical body C) Let it wander freely without interference D) Withdraw it and bring it back under control
A) God dictates all pious actions B) God forces the mind to wander C) God controls every single thought D) God does not control anyone's will
A) Four B) Two C) Six D) Ten
A) Matter has complete freedom B) Matter is without freedom and Self lacks control over matter C) Self controls the unfolding of matter D) Both matter and Self are fully autonomous
A) Realizing the ultimate separateness of matter and self B) Controlling the material world C) Merging completely with maya D) Gaining power through Ishvara
A) Only human beings B) Every living entity (jiva) C) Only Ishvara D) The material nature (prakrti)
A) Because Ishvara does not exist B) Because Ishvara only controls humans C) Because it is distinct from all feelings, thoughts, actions, or wills D) Because Ishvara is bound by karma
A) A belief in determinism B) A belief in absolute free will C) The non-existence of karma D) The supremacy of maya
A) Rules regarding ritual worship B) The concept of the soul C) The definition of the supreme being D) Explicit claims about determinism or free will
A) Madhvacharya B) Arjuna C) Chandrashekhara Bharati Swaminah D) Swami Vivekananda
A) Will is completely unconditioned by causality B) Free will is the ultimate truth of the universe C) Free will exists outside of time and space D) There cannot be any such thing as free-will; the words are a contradiction
A) The independent choices of jivas B) Pure human desire and maya C) Conditions of time, space and causality D) Uncaused spontaneous events
A) To get beyond the limitations of this universe B) By accumulating good karma C) By exercising free will within the material world D) By mastering the physical body
A) Advaita schools exclusively B) Only the Samkhya and Yoga schools C) Mimamsa, Vedanta, Shaivism, and Vaishnavism D) Only the Nyaya school
A) As being entirely made of inferior material nature B) As being of a higher nature who have freedom to exploit inferior material nature C) As completely controlled by matter D) As lacking any form of consciousness
A) Souls are entirely independent of God B) Souls possess absolute autonomous free will C) Souls dictate the actions of Lord Vishnu D) Souls do not have any free will as Lord Vishnu prescribes all their actions
A) That future rewards are random and past actions are ignored B) That we pay for past actions and our present actions be free enough to deserve future results C) That past actions are erased and present actions do not matter D) That God dictates all rewards without regard to human effort
A) Divine intervention B) Past karma C) Present karma D) An illusion created by maya
A) Present karma B) Past karma C) The will of Ishvara D) Destiny
A) They are in permanent and irreconcilable conflict B) They are really one, that is, karma, differing only in time C) Free-will creates fate without any connection to karma D) Fate is real while free-will is a total illusion
A) Random chance within maya B) The unconditioned laws of the material universe C) The past exercise of your free-will D) The direct commands of Lord Vishnu
A) Change the nature of Ishvara B) Wipe out past records or add to them C) Eliminate the universe entirely D) Escape the cycle of time permanently without karma
A) Calvinist Protestants B) Pelagian scholars C) Roman Catholic Church D) Eastern Orthodox Church
A) Total depravity B) Initial grace C) Ancestral sin D) Personal fault
A) Predestination B) Pelagianism C) Synergy D) Total depravity
A) Working together B) Absolute control C) Divine isolation D) Predestined fate
A) Vladimir Lossky B) St. Augustine C) St. John Cassian D) Pontius Pilate
A) Baptismal regeneration B) Priesthood mediation C) Divine grace D) Human perfection
A) Leo Tolstoy B) Fyodor Dostoevsky C) Anton Chekhov D) Alexander Solzhenitsyn
A) Crime and Punishment B) Demons C) The Brothers Karamazov D) Notes from Underground
A) Suicide B) Blind obedience C) Unconditional love D) Religious conversion
A) Lutheran monergism B) Calvinist Protestantism C) Roman Catholic teaching D) Strict Pelagianism
A) Total depravity B) Original sin C) Predestination alone D) Justification
A) Man's independent choice B) The collaborative effort starting simultaneously C) The Holy Spirit's obedience to man D) God's initiative
A) St. John Chrysostom B) Fyodor Dostoevsky C) Pontius Pilate D) Vladimir Lossky
A) 1600-1620 B) 1545-1563 C) 1500-1520 D) 1450-1470
A) Jansenism B) Manichaeism C) Arianism D) Pelagianism
A) Blaise Pascal B) René Descartes C) Voltaire D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A) Libertas Praestantissimum B) Rerum Novarum C) Humanae Vitae D) Deus Caritas Est
A) 1865 B) 1888 C) 1901 D) 1545
A) The Council of Trent B) The writings of John Duns Scotus C) Physicalism/materialism D) St. Augustine's theology
A) Transcendence B) Omniscience C) Omnipresence D) Immanence
A) Alvin Plantinga B) William of Ockham C) Søren Kierkegaard D) Aristotle
A) Indeterministic B) Probabilistic C) Random D) Deterministic
A) Divine foreknowledge B) A human's soul C) The physical reality D) The natural philosophy
A) Divine beings B) Religious philosophers C) Omniscient beings D) Non-human animals
A) Neshama B) Yechida C) Jabr D) Yachid
A) Yechida B) Neshama C) Destiny D) Jabr
A) William of Ockham B) Alvin Plantinga C) Søren Kierkegaard D) al-Ash'ari
A) al-Ash'ari B) Alvin Plantinga C) Søren Kierkegaard D) William of Ockham
A) Aristotle B) Philo C) al-Ash'ari D) Alvin Plantinga
A) Gnosticism B) Judaism C) Stoicism D) Platonism
A) Tertullian B) Troels Engberg-Pedersen C) Michael Frede D) Alister McGrath
A) Roman politicians B) Pagans C) Jewish rabbis D) Egyptian pharaohs
A) Tertullian B) Michael Frede C) Paul D) Alister McGrath
A) First-century B) Second-century C) Third-century D) Fourth-century
A) Harvard researcher B) Cambridge professor C) Oxford scholar D) Princeton historian
A) Old Testament studies B) Stoic philosophy C) Pauline expert D) Patristic theology
A) Non-Chalcedonian Churches B) Post-Nicene Churches C) Western Churches D) Chalcedonian Churches
A) John Chrysostom B) John Cassian C) Georges Florovsky D) Pelagius
A) Theosis B) Blasphemy C) Justification D) Synergy
A) No B) Yes C) Only some D) None
A) Spiritual matters B) Civil righteousness C) Everyday actions D) Goods and possessions
A) God-ward righteousness B) Spiritual righteousness C) Eternal righteousness D) Civil righteousness
A) Henry Cole B) Erasmus C) Adam D) The Holy Spirit
A) Erasmus B) Rupp and Watson C) Paul Althaus D) Henry Cole
A) The Rupp/Watson study B) The Henry Cole study C) The Bondage of the Will study D) The Paul Althaus study
A) Metanoia B) Liberum C) Monergism D) Arbitrium
A) An act's effect B) The corruption of an act C) The sinfulness of an intent D) The evil of an effect
A) Boethius B) Loraine Boettner C) John L. Girardeau D) Jonathan Edwards
A) Jonathan Edwards B) Boethius C) Loraine Boettner D) John Calvin
A) Lutheranism B) Libertarianism C) Anabaptism D) Open theism
A) Lutherans B) Calvinists C) Puritans D) Reformers
A) Thomas Jay Oord B) Jesus Christ C) John Calvin D) Jacobus Arminius
A) Jacobus Arminius B) John Calvin C) Jesus Christ D) Thomas Jay Oord
A) Sovereign grace B) Divine determinism C) Essential kenosis D) Absolute predestination
A) Luke 13:34 B) Romans 8:28 C) Genesis 1:1 D) John 3:16
A) Jerusalem B) Nazareth C) Capernaum D) Rome
A) An eagle B) A hen C) A shepherd D) A lion
A) Spiritual blindness B) Moral agency C) Divine determinism D) Absolute predestination
A) Lucifer B) Mormon leaders C) Emanuel Swedenborg D) The New Church
A) Swedenborgianism B) Mormonism C) Latter Day Saint movement D) Protestantism
A) Mormon leaders B) Emanuel Swedenborg C) Lucifer D) Classical Protestant reformers
A) mitzvot B) bechirah C) qadar D) jabr
A) qadar B) bechirah chofshit C) jabr D) mitzvot
A) accidental B) axiomatic C) heretical D) optional
A) the Mishnah B) the Quran C) the Torah D) the New Testament
A) Deuteronomy B) Leviticus C) Exodus D) Genesis
A) Deuteronomy 15:10 B) Deuteronomy 30:1 C) Deuteronomy 30:19 D) Deuteronomy 20:5
A) death B) curse C) silence D) life
A) the closely related resultant paradox B) the translation of the Torah C) the historical exile of the Jews D) the physical laws of nature |