Humanism Concepts Quiz

Which of the following best represents civic virtue?

• Ignoring public issues

• Acting responsibly for the good of society

• Breaking laws for personal gain

• Avoiding community service

Which of these is most related to moral decision-making?

• Ethics

• Inquiry

• Ritual

• Custom

Which word suggests confidence in one’s beliefs?

• Scepticism

• Certitude

• Inquiry

• Doubt

Which of these would be considered a symbol?

• A law

• A flag representing freedom

• A scientific principle

• A question

Which term refers to a traditional behavior shared by a community?

• Doctrine

• Custom

• Inquiry

• Certitude

What is optimism?

• Expecting bad outcomes

• Believing good things will happen

• Accepting fate

• Denying hope

Which rewrite improves the sentence's clarity and meaning? Original: 'Secularism encourages religion in all public affairs.'

• Secularism is encouraging all of the religious in public affairs.

• Secularism means that religion should be part of every political event.

• Secularism supports keeping religion out of public and political matters.

• Secularism are when religion and politics are together.

Choose the best rewrite of the sentence: Original: 'The Enlightenment discouraged the use of reason and science.'

• The Enlightenment is a period where reason and science were used to challenge old ideas.

• Enlightenment discouraged and used reason and science for old ideas.

• Reason and science was discouraged by Enlightenment.

• Enlightenment is when people not use reason and science.

Choose the best rewritten version: Original: 'Altruism is acting for personal gain.'

• Altruism is when people act selfishly to help themselves.

• Altruism means helping others without expecting anything in return.

• Altruism was helping yourself then others.

• Altruism means to act for your own benefit only.

Choose the sentence that corrects the structure and meaning: Original: 'Exegesis is a casual opinion on a book.'

• Exegesis is reading a book and writing a review.

• Exegesis means interpreting a religious or ancient text in detail.

• Exegesis are when you talk about books casually.

• Exegesis is opinion that is on a book.