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