UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lesen EDT303Q Mayidune 2016 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Duration 2 Hours 100 Marks: EXAMINERS FIRST MRD CHETTY DR GJ MASON PROF JM STRUDOM SECOND PROF DP GOOSEN ‘Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue This examination question paper consists of 6 pages INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANSWERING THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER: All questions are compulsory | In Section 3 — Multiple Choice | ‘You need to answer the 30 muitple chorce questions by wating the question number and next tot, the | letter of the correct answer, in your examination answer book For example | 44 (1) 42 (3) | ‘and 80 0n | Do not use a mark reading sheet Please note that these questions are worth two marks each ITURN OVER]EDT3030 May/June 2016 Section 1 - Policy Theory 1 Wrte an essay explaining how the Constitution informs the National Policy on Religion and Education {20} Section 2 — Policy application 2 White an essay explaining the implications of the National Policy on Religion and Education for the classroom practice [20] Section 3 - Multiple Choice Questions [60] 3 Answer the following 30 muitiple choice questions by writing the question number and, next to it, the number of the correct answer, in your examination answer book For example 41 (1) 42 (3) (Those are examples, not necessanly the answers! Read the actual questions } Do not use @ mark reading sheet Please note: Every question is worth 2 marks. 31 The founder of the Hindu religion 1s named (1) Sn Ramaknshna Paramahamsa (2) Theven AC Bhaktwedanta Swami Prabhupada (3) Adi Sankara Bhagavatpadacarya (4) The Hindu religion does not have a specific founder 32 The founder of the Buddhist religion 1s named (1) The Prophet (2) The Pope (3) The Buddha (4) The Buddhist religion does not have a specific founder 33° The founder of African religion is named (1) Shaka Zulu (2) Credo Mutwa (3) John Mbit! (4) Afncan religion does not have a specific founder 34 The founder of the Jewish religion 1s named (David (2) Abraham (3) Moses (4) The Jewish religion does not have a specrfic founder 35 The founder of the Chnstian religion is named (1) Saulof Tarsus (2) Jesus of Nazareth (3) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (4) The Christian religion does not have a specific founder ITURN OVER]36 37 38 39 310 amt 312 DT3030 May/June 2016 The founder of the Muslim religion is named (1) The prophet Muhammad (2) The scientist lsaac Newton (3) The messiah Jesus (4) The Muslim religion does not have a specific founder ‘The founder of the Mormon religion is named (1) Joseph Smith (2) James K Polk (3) Brigham Young (4) The Mormon religion does not have a specific founder ‘The founder of Atheism is named (1) Richard Dawson (2) Sam Haris: (3) Bertrand Russel! (4) Atheism does not have a specific founder ‘The founder of the Baha'i religion is named (1) Mulla Nasruddin (2) Ayatolich Khomein (3) Baha'u'llah (4) The Baha’ religion does not have a specific founder ‘The founder of the Wiccan religion in the modern era ts named. (1) Gerald Gardner (2) Chauncey Gardiner (3) Margaret Gardiner (4) The Wiccan religion does not have a specific founder When the Jewish Kingdom spitt into two, the northern kingdom was called Israel and the southern kingdom was called (1) Jerusalem (2) Samana (3) Judah (4) Damascus Which ttle is used for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church? (1) The patnarch (2) The prophet (3) The pope (4) The priest {TURN OVER]313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 EDT3030 Mayidune 2016 In adahtion to the Quran, the second most important literature in Islam is the (1) Septuagint (2) Gemara (3) Hadith (4) Tanak During the stage of the life of a Hindu, one raises a family (1) student (2) householder (3) gradual withdrawal (4) total withdrawal The scnptures of Southern Buddhism were orginally waitten in the language (1) Sanskrit (2) Arabic (3) Pal (4) Hebrew Humanism 1s a belief system that embraces (1) all new religious movements, (2) allnew age beliefs (3) athersm and agnosticism (4) alligods and goddesses During the Apartheid era, Jews were part of the (1) white pnvileged class. (2) black underprivileged class (3) black pnvileged class (4) white underprivieged class The doctrine of mearnation im Chnstianity means that God (1) assumes a human body (2) ts revealed in different physical forms (3) dwells spintuatly in the world (4) reincarnates into different bodies ‘Which one of the following ritual practices ts NOT charactenstic of Islam? (1) Crroumeision (2) Pilgrimage to Mecca (3) Holy communion (4) Animal sacnfice ‘The largest African Independent Church in South Afnica isthe — Church (1) Rastafarian (2) Ethiopran (3) Shembe (4) Zionist [TURN OVER]321 322 323 324 325 326 327 EDT303Q MaylJune 2016 Which one of the following beliefs 1s NOT charactersstic of Islam? Belief n (1) angels (2) the divine Chnst (3) a lastyudgment (4) one God The living in the Indus area were the authors of the Vedas. (1) Shudras (2) Aryans (3) Vishnuttes, (4) Shawites Histoncally, the has been the centre of Buddhist Ife (1) church (2) temple (3) mosque (4) monastery All young Mormon men (and more recently young women) are expected to devote two years of their ife doing (1) field and housework (2) fund raisers (3) missionary work (4) volunteer work. The term “Talmud” refers to (1) the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (2) commentaries on the Quran (3) the Mishnah and the Gemara (4) the laws of Manu The following belief is common to the Abrahamic religions (1) belief in one God (2) belief in ancestral spints (3) belief in an impersonal presence (4) belief in many gods and goddesses Rank the following religions histoncally, from the oldest to the youngest (1) Baha’, islam, Buddhism, Christianity (2) Buddhism, Chnstianty, Istam, Baha'i (3) Chnstianity, Sahat, Istam, Buddhism (4) Islam, Baha‘, Chnstianity, Buddhism [TURN OVER}328 329 330 EDT303q, MayiJune 2016 In which one of the following religious traditions would you NOT find monastic institutions? (1) stam (2) Buddhism (3) Catholicism (4) Easter Orthodoxy Jews, Chnstians and Muslims all practise (4) prayer (2) the euchanst (3) baptism (4) circumcision Which of the following religious traditions have a fixed canon? (1) Judarsm and Istam (2) Tibetan and Zen Buddhism (3) African Indigenous Religions and Christianity (4) Protestantism and Chinese Buddhism ° UUNISA 2036