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