WorksheetsReliMyRits
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
When we use the term myth in scholarship, it is synonymous with the fact that a story that is false.
True
False
When we read the Diary of Anne Frank, we are being asked to think
microscopically
telescopically
laparoscopically
no option is correct
Which of the following is an example of a life-cycle ritual?
a wedding
brushing your teeth before bed
ritually washing your feet before prayer
making the sign of the cross during mass
If rituals transition actors from one state of being to another, what are the consequences when ritual goes wrong?
we will anger the god/s who will harm us with misfortune and bad luck
nothing, God understands our intentions
the new state of being may be put into jeopardy
rituals are meaningless, so there aren't consequences
Arnold Van Gennep (and later Victor Turner) used the term "liminality" to refer to which stage of a ritual?
the period before the ritual begins
all options are correct
the period during the ritual
the period after the ritual is over
The Puritans were an English Protestant sect who believed that the Protestant Reformation should ________________ the Catholic Church.
mirror itself after
break away more forcefully from
maintain a close relationship to
none of the above
The Massachusetts Bay Colony imagined their new settlement as a City upon a Hill, that the whole world would ____________ and ____________.
love/adore
criticize/reject
admire/copy
despise/attack
Civil religion refers to:
the idea that the nation must be civilized by religion
religious nationalism that understands the nation as sacred
religion that encourages the teaching of civic engagement
none of the above
When Robert Bellah uses the term “civil religion,” he is drawing on the work of which European philosopher?
George Freidrich Hegel
Jacques Rousseau
Immanuel Kant
David Hume
Christian doctrine justified the myth of "Manifest Destiny," which was:
the notion that Anglo-American expansion into the West (settler colonialism) is sanctioned by God's providence
the notion that the British Empire was enacting the will of God
the notion that one can manifest wealth through the power of positive thinking
the Puritan colonial project was destined to create 13 colonies, because lucky 13 is in the Bible
The last residential school was closed in which year?
1840
1889
1921
1952
1996
Ojibwe hymns are an example of Native-Christian syncretism because:
they are sung at funerals
they are sung at funerals
they use a Christian hymnal form
they are sung in Christian-derived languages
Who was the first retaliation casualty on US soil after 9/11?
Imrat Khan, a Muslim woman in Pasadena, California
Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona
Muhammad Ali Khan, a Muslim man in Decatur, Illinois
Muni Khalsa, a Sikh woman in Edison, New Jersey
Sikhs comprised some of the first large communities of South Asians in the US. They came to the US as early as:
1775-1785
1965-1975
1900-1910
none of these
Sikhs are distinctive in their appearance because of their _______ and _______.
none of these
beards/turbans
dark skin/long nails
kurtas/curled shoes
The first arrests that the US government made after 9/11 on suspicions of terrorism were:
Syrians
Afghans
Americans
Iraqis
Many Americans, even liberal Americans who imagine themselves to be non-racists, suggested that Sikhs should “mainstream” themselves, take off their turbans so that they could avoid discrimination and persecution. This is a demand for:
none of these
hate
representation
assimilation
How long did it take George W. Bush to speak out against hate crimes against minority communities after 9/11?
none of these
a month
10 days
24 hours
When you view the extreme patriotism that the Sikh community felt that it was forced to display after 9/11, what other event in US history does that appear similar to?
Japanese-Americans during WWII
Cuban-Americans after WWI
none of these
German-Americans after WWII
In India, Sikhs were targeted in an atrocious massacre in _____; afterwards many Sikhs migrated to the US, Europe, and the UK.
none of these
2001
1984
1920
Which American law prevented Asian Americans from owning land and becoming citizens?
the Hart-Cellar Act
the Dawes Act
none of these
the Asian Exclusion Act
One of the final spokespersons in the film suggests that ________________ is the fundamental cause of hate crimes.
none of these
Islam
fundamentalism
Christianity
