UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lf EDT303Q May/June 2017 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Duraton 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST PROF MCLASQUIN SECOND PROF JM STRUIDOM Closed book examination This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue. [TURN OVER]UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS. | me —- UNISA lees EDT303Q May/dune 2017 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Duaton 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS. FIRST PROF M CLASQUIN SECOND PROF JM STRIJDOM Closed book examination. ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue. This examination question paper consists of 6 pages. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANSWERING THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER: All questions are compulsory In Section 3 - Multiple Choice You need to answer the 30 multiple choice questions by writing the question number and next to it, the. letter of the correct answer, in your examination answer book For example" 1) 2 3) ‘And soon Do not use a mark reading sheet Please note that these questions are worth two marks each [TURN OVER]073030 May/June 2017 Section 1 — Definition and methodology 1 Your prescribed matenal presents a working definition of religion Briefly discuss this definition (10) 2 Bhefly discuss the distinction between the phenomenological and the enlical approaches in the study of religion {10} Section 2— Policy 3. White an essay on the implications of the Religion Education Policy for classroom practice [20] Section 3 - Multiple Choice Questions (60) 4 Answer the 30 following multiple choice questions by wnting the question number and next to it, the letter of the correct answer, in your examination answer book For example 41 (1) 42 (3) ‘And so on Do not use a mark reading sheet Please note that these questions are worth two ‘marks each 44 Nguni and Sotho-Tswana speakers traditionally believed in (1) karma and samsara (2) _aninvisible sprint realm (3) _a.god who was in three forms (4) painting rocks and hunting 42. Performed over four days, the enacts the unity of a Zulu nation that is embodied in the ntual purty of young women (1) teed dance (2) _ sacnfice of a black bull (3) trance dance (4) tual bath 43 Which one of the following would NOT be the task of a sangoma? (1) The detection of witches (2) The circumcision of adolescents (3) Communication with ancestors (4) Prescnption of sacrifices to placate angry ancestors 44 Atbuth, among the Nguni and Sotho-Tswana, the mother stayed in isolation for about 10 days because (1) she did not want to be stressed by people coming to see the baby (2) _ she was afraid witches and bad weather would harm the baby (3) she was considered to be in a state of ntual pollution (4) _ the father made stnct orders for her not to leave the hut without permission [TURN OVER]£DT3030 May/June 2017 45. The following belief 1s common to the Abrahamic religions, (1) belief in ancestral spints (2) _ belief in an impersonal force (3) belief im one God (4) _ belief in many gods and goddesses 46 Inthe Jewish Diaspora communities, the fulfilled the role of civil authority (1) tnbes (2) extended family (3) local Jewish councils (4) immediate community 47 Aperson states that in his or her religious group, they believe that Moses is the chief of all prophets. This person is most likely a (1) Jew (2) Chnstian (3) Mustim (4) Baha’ 48 Which one of the following statements about Judaism in the modern period is INCORRECT? (1) Jewish nationalists began to call for their own homeland (2) Reformed Jews as a progressive movement omitted many traditional practices (3) Judaism expenenced a golden age under Ottoman rule in Egypt (4) After the French revolution European Jews started to mix more freely with non-Jews 49° Incontemporary society, we find that the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans are governed by (1) popes (2) rabbis 3) pnests (4) bishops 410. Which one of the following books is accepted as Deuterocanonical by the Catholic Church? (1) 2 Kings (2) Habakkuk (3) Zephantah (4) 1 Maccabees 411 Jan Hus was bummed at the stake in 1415 because he (1) prophesied that Martin Luther would cause a split from the Catholic Church (2) maintained that only Eastern European pnests could become the Pope (3) _ pinned ninety-five theses challenging various church practices to the door at the Unversity of Wittenberg (4) _ was ontical of clerical pruileges, denied papat infalliiity and supported state supervision of the Church 412 Pentecostal Chnstians believe that the Holy Spint (1) 6s the first person in the Trinity (2) 18 one of their ancestral spints (3) empowers individual believers to combat evil forces, (4) gave the Quran to Muhammad [TURN OVER]EDT3030 MayiJune 2017 413 The Muslim festival that marks the end of Ramadan 1s known as the (1) Feast of Sacnfice (2) Feast of Fast-breaking (3) Mustim New Year (4) Prophet's Birthday 414 Which of the following statements about the life of the Prophet Muhammad 1s INCORRECT? (1) At the age of twenty-five Prophet Muhammad mamed a forty-year old widow named Khadya (2) While Prophet Muhammad was meditating on Mt Hira dunng the month of Ramadan, the angel Gabriel appeared and spoke to him giving him his first revelation (3) In 622 Prophet Muhammad made a joumiey to Medina after being invited to mediate their tnbal feuds (4) In January 630, Prophet Muhammad and his men conquered Jerusalem One of his first acts was fo go to the holy temple (the Ka’ba), and reverently walk around it seven times 4.15 According to the Quran the day of resurrection ts marked by (1) one of Allah’s angels who will sound the trumpet (2) souls uniting with Allah (3) the final udgment of all creatures (4) _ the second coming of Jesus 416 Which statement regarding rites of passage 1s INCORRECT? (1) A Jewish boy becomes an adult at his bar mitzvah (2) Chnstian youth affirm their Chnstian beliefs at their confirmation (3) Hindu male youths enter the stage of a scholar when they become a bramacharya (4) Antslamic youth becomes an adult when they say the shahadah for the first time 4.17 Moksha is the belief in (1) God's final judgement (2) the release from entrapment in samsara (3) the second coming of the Messiah (4) Avatars 418 Between the ages of eight and twelve, boys from the Brahmin, Kshatnya and Vaishya castes undergo the ritual which marks their entry into the study of the Veda (1) circumcision (2) baptism (3) second bith (4) third bith 419 A person states that in his of her religious group, they believe that people are born into diferent bodies again and again according to the way they had ved This person is most hkely a (1) Jew (2) Hindu 3) Mustim (4) Mormon [TURN OVER]£03030 May/June 2017 420 Which of the following statements about Hindu scnptures ts INCORRECT? (1) Each of the four Vedas had two stages of development, namely Samhita and Brahmana (2) Upanishads are mystical utterances of profound truths that do not necessanily originate from Brahmins (3) There 1s also a minor group of Hindu texts called the Tipitaka or Pali Canon (4) The most central theme in the Upanishads ts that the mdividual soul 1s kdentical with the Universal soul 421 The tnmurt of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma came to predominance dunng the (1) Harappa and Mohenjodaro cultures (2) Vedic cwvization @) Hindu diaspora (4) Epicera 422 Buddhists believe that the Fourth Noble Truth is a practical way to get nd of (1) chaos and evil (2) desire and unhappiness. (3) _ suffering and sin (4) blasphemy and unhappiness 423 Which one of the following is NOT a Buddhist ntual practice? (1) Making pignmages to famous Buddhist sites (2) Gwing food to monks (3) Confessing sins to a pest (4) Chanting stones from the Buddhe's ite 424 The Abhidhamma Pitaka provides guidance for (1) emotional needs of the novice Buddhist monk (2) practical concerns of the Buddhist laity (3) _ philosophical enquiries into Buddhist thought (4) _ those interested in the mystical teachings of the Buddha 425 The scnptures of Southern Buddhism were onginally wntten in the language (1) Sanskrit (2) Arabic (3) Pal (4) Hebrew 426 Which of the following religions teaches that its founder once had to flee from his native city, but later returned in trumph? (1) Judaism (2) Buddhism (3) Hindursm (4) Islam 427 A person who believes that God (or the gods) does not exist, 1s (1) anatherst (2) aMushm (3) a Buddhist, (4) a Hindu [TURN OVER]£DT3030 MayfJune 2017 428 Wiccan festivals typically focus on (1) punficaton rituals through baptism (2) the celebration of polygamous relationships (3) _ the rhythms of the natural world (4) sacnfices to Satan 429 The highest authonty in the current Baha'i world 1s the (1) Regionai Baha'i Council (2) Local Spintual Assembly (3) Unwersal House of Justice (4) National Spintual Assembly 430 Judaism, Chnstiantty and Islam all, in their different ways, are concemed with (1) _ the veneration of ancestors (2) rock paintings and hunting (3) multple deities (4) communal life © UNIS 2017