WorksheetsSpeechritual Journey #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. "Shrine" is closest in meaning to
house of spirits
house of worship
house of wax
house of cards
Non-Violence, or The Knotted Gun, is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with its muzzle tied in a knot. According to Kofi Annan, "it has enriched the consciousness of humanity with a powerful symbol that encapsulates, in a few simple curves, the greatest prayer of man; that which asks not for victory, but for peace."
The sculpture symbolizes
Kofi Anan's vision of peaceful world
The non-functioning revolver
A desire for peace over victory
Prayer of man
Technology has offered power, control, and the prospect of overcoming our helplessness and dependency. However, for all its benefits, technology has not brought the personal fulfillment or social well-being it promised.
The paragraph implies that
Technology does not provide happiness for people
Technology creates dependency
Personal prosperity cannot be gain through technology
Technology has limitation
In hermeneutics, we defend the idea that there are no pure fact. Behind every interpretation lies another interpretation.
The paragraph infers
There is no single interpretation of a text
Interpretation is a structure of layers
Hermeneutics is an anti-fact logic
Hermeneutics is dealing with interpretation
The very possibility of dialogue between religious traditions signals, or perhaps requires significant shifts in the self-understanding of religious traditions. While religions tend to be naturally convinced of the superior, if not exclusive truth of their own teachings, dialogue presupposes some degree of humility about one ’ s own conception of truth and a certain receptivity, even hospitality to the truth of the other.
What is the main idea?
Self-understanding is important for a religious tradition
Interreligous dialogue requires a significant shifts of self-understanding
Shifts of religious self-understanding are including humility and hospitality
Religion is always claiming an exclusive truth
The constructive dimension of inter-religious dialogue may involve direct learning from the insights and practices of another religion.
"Constructive dimension" might be understood as
Productive dimension
Meaningful dimension
Serious dimension
Construction dimension
The constructive dimension of inter-religious dialogue may involve direct learning from the insights and practices of another religion.
"Insights" can be substituted with
visionary
rituals
performances
wisdoms
The oldest dialogues are mostly between religions with some family relationship: Hinduism and Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity, Christianity and Islam.
"Family" in this regard refers to
Kinship
Theological affinity
Territorial closeness
Worshiping the same God
I received support from an unlikely ally.
The best translation of the sentence is
Saya tak biasa mendapat bantuan dari teman
Saya mendapat bantuan dari musuh
Saya mendapat bantuan dari teman yang tak terduga
Saya mendapat bantuan dari sekutu yang tidak disukai
For Martin Luther King Jr., that kitchen table experience became for him the rock-solid basis for his activism.
Choose the most sensible translation of the above sentence.
Bagi MLK Jr., pengalaman rohani di dapur itu menjadi dasar yang teguh bagi aktivisme sosialnya.
Bagi MLK Jr., memasak di dapur itu menjadi kegembiraan bagi aktivitasnya.
Bagi MLK Jr., pengalaman di dapur menjadi dasar yang teguh bagi aktivisme sosialnya.
Bagi MLK Jr., meja dapurnya terbuat dari batu yang kokoh.
A Commentary of the Book of Job reveals an unpredictable imagery of Satan.
The best translation of the above sentence is
Komentar terhadap daftar lowongan pekerjaan itu sangat jahat seperti Iblis.
Komentar Kitab Job mengungkapkan gambaran Iblis yang tak terduga.
Tafsiran Kitab Job mengungkapkan gambaran Iblis yang tak terduga.
Tafsiran Kitab Ayub mengungkapkan gambaran Iblis yang tak terduga.
The Passion Story starts with the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.
The best translation of the above sentence is
Kisah yang menggairahkan itu diawali dengan Perjamuan Terakhir Yesus Kristus.
Kisah Sengsara itu diawali dengan Perjamuan Terakhir Yesus Kristus.
Kisah yang penuh semangat itu diawali dengan Perjamuan Terakhir Yesus Kristus.
Kisah yang penuh semangat itu diawali dengan Makan Malam Terakhir Yesus Kristus.
A story of conversion demonstrates the mystery of God's work.
The sensible translation of the above sentence is
Konversi menunjukkan kemisteriusan pekerjaan Tuhan
Kisah pertobatan menunjukkan kemisteriusan pekerjaan Tuhan
Kisah konversi menunjukkan misteri Ilahi
Kisah pertobatan menunjukkan misteri Ilahi
The Pullman Strike took place in 1894, during the months of May to July, when some 250,000-factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago walked off the job.
The word "Strike" in the above sentence means
To come into contact forcefully
To stop work
To force
To delete
China sends sharp-tongued diplomat as Ambassador to U.S.
The sensible meaning of the above sentence is
Cina mengirimkan diplomat berlidah tajam untuk Kedutaan Cina di Amerika Serikat
Cina mengirimkan diplomat kritis sebagai Duta Besar untuk Amerika Serikat
Cina mengirimkan diplomat sarkas sebagai Duta Besar untuk Amerika Serikat
Cina mengirimkan diplomat berlidah tajam sebagai Duta Besar untuk US
"death toll" in the newspaper headline might be understood as
Kematian
Korban jiwa
Jalan tol menuju kematian
Harga yang harus dibayar
Theologians on both sides of the Atlantic agree to support the Theory of Evolution.
The most sensible translation of the above sentence is
Ilmu teologi di Samudera Atlantik setuju mendukung Teori Evolusi
Ilmu teologi di kedua sisi Samudera Atlantik setuju mendukung Teori Evolusi
Teolog di kedua sisi Samudera Atlantik setuju mendukung Teori Evolusi
Teolog dari Amerika Utara dan Eropa Barat setuju mendukung Teori Evolusi
Friars of the Benedictine Convents emphasis on charity and spiritual works.
The most sensible translation of the above sentence is
Para romo dari konferensi Benediktin menekankan karya sosial dan spiritual
Para romo sidang jemaat Benediktin menekankan karya sosial dan spiritual
Para rahib gereja Benediktin menekankan karya sosial dan spiritual
Para romo Ordo Santo Benediktus menekankan karya sosial dan spiritual
You will enjoy the beauty of the blue sky and meadows of the Scotland thin places.
The most sensible translation of the above sentence is
Engkau akan menikmati keindahan langit biru dan padang rumputnya cakrawala Skotlandia
Engkau akan menikmati keindahan langit biru dan padang rumputnya negeri tipis Skotlandia
Engkau akan menikmati keindahan langit biru dan padang rumputnya negeri di atas awan Skotlandia
Engkau akan menikmati keindahan batas sorga dan bumi Skotlandia
He in the end has to pay the debt of nature.
The most sensible translation of the above sentence is
Ia pada akhirnya harus membayar hutang-hutangnya
Ia pada akhirnya harus mati
Ia pada akhirnya memiliki hutang pada alam
Ia pada akhirnya harus membayar hutannya pada alam
