Deck 23: The Challenge of Modernism

Question 1

Which of the following was not a factor contributing to Modernism?

A) Global exploration
B) The Protestant Reformation
C) Development of the printing press
D) World War I

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What was decided by the Peace of Augsburg?

A) Martin Luther should be excommunicated
B) The end of the Thirty Years' War
C) The break of Lutherans from Catholics was irreparable
D) Luther should be reinstated

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Thirty Years' War began as an attempt to:

A) Restore unity to the Holy Roman Empire
B) Separate the church from political regimes
C) Declare independence from the Holy Roman Empire
D) Establish an independent church

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Why were Galileo's discoveries a challenge to the church?

A) They undermined the authority of the church
B) They contradicted the plain interpretation of scripture
C) They undermined the sufficiency of our senses to know the world
D) All of the above

Question 5

Descartes believed that the existence of God and immortality of the soul:

A) Were false
B) Should be shown by philosophical arguments
C) Could only be known by revelation
D) Were true poetically

Question 6

In Descartes's philosophy, the dualism of heaven and earth was replaced with:

A) A three-part distinction between mind, body and spirit
B) A four-part distinction between mind, body, soul and spirit
C) A two part distinction between matter and mind
D) A fundamental unity of all things

Question 7

The classic understanding of deism has to do with:

A) The role of reason for believing in and understanding God
B) The Ontological Argument for the existence of God
C) Whether the mind is an immaterial substance
D) God's relationship to time and space

Question 8

Which of the following were not deists?

A) Lord Herbert of Cherbury
B) Benjamin Whichcote
C) John Toland
D) William Paley

Question 9

Natural theology is the attempt to

A) Exclude all supernatural elements from religion
B) Demonstrate the existence and attributes of God using reason
C) Undermine scientific approaches to religion
D) All of the above

Question 10

Matthew Tindal claimed that Christianity should become:

A) A rational system of ethics
B) More bolstered by scientific proofs
C) The one world religion
D) Obsolete