Actual Test Questions

I just got done taking the final for my Introduction to Apologetics class and I wanted to share some of the questions. Actually, I wanted to share the possible answers to the questions. This isn’t posting until Saturday so I can’t be accused of giving out the test to anyone.

According to Muhammad’s account, on his 40th birthday he had a vision on which he was given a message by the angel…

• Gabriel
• Michael
• Emir
• Raphael
• John Travolta

Someone’s been watching too many movies.

Who said, “[religion] is the opiate of the people”?

• Karl Marx
• Joseph Engels
• L. Ron Hubbard
• Thomas Huxley
• Luther Vandross

I don’t think this was one of Luther’s song lyrics.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses predicted the final judgment of the world to happen in 1975 which was said to be the…

• 100 year anniversary of the birth of the founder
• 2000 year anniversary of the birth of Christ
• 6,000 year anniversary of Eve’s first sin
• beginning of disco

I think disco was a punishment on humans. I don’t think it’s the final judgment though. That’s country music.

The main message of the Baha’i is…

• Islam is the only truth
• All religious leaders were actually proclaiming the same God
• Life is suffering
• Big hair and jewelry is the key to spirituality

Obviously the Baha’i don’t believe the big hair and jewelry thing. That’s reserved for the people on TBN, right?

Daodejing is…

• The Sacred Text of Morality
• The Sacred Text of Harmony
• The Sacred Text of Light
• The Sacred Text of Wisdom
• The Sacred Starbucks Drink Menu

It’s like they aren’t even trying anymore. I remember on the test prep stuff for the ACT they told you that there is always one ridiculous answer that you can remove right away. I don’t think they intended it to be that ridiculous.

John Hick, a Christian Theologian, has tried to merge the idea of reincarnation with Christianity by saying that reincarnated souls…

• inhabit other planets
• are born into a Christian family
• return as amphibians
• go into politics

No, I’m not going to show you the wrong one here. Take your pick, because the actual answer is actually just as crazy as the other options.

With his uncle, Muhammad worked alongside other members of his tribe in protecting [blank], a large black stone alleged to contain pagan idols.

• the Ka’aba
• the Khadijah
• the Kabbalah
• the Kasbah
• the Kryptonite

No wonder Superman never messed with the Middle East. They were guarding the kryptonite! It all makes sense now!

I don’t highlight these to poke fun at my school at all. I think they were just having a good time with the test, which I see no problem in that. Honestly, of the four answers that were left it didn’t really make it any easier. Just good fun.