Humanism Quiz

Question 1

____________ is how people behave (what is).

Answer 1

morals

Question 2

____________ is a transcendent norm of behavior (what ought to be).

Answer 2

ethics

Question 3

____________ is the ability to understand the perspective of others.

Answer 3

emphathy

Question 4

____________ ____________ is a comprehensive set of truth claims that purports to paint a picture of reality.

Answer 4

formal worldview

Question 5

What is the comprehensive set of truth claims taught at MVCS?

Answer 5

Christianity

Question 6

Humanism believes that who is responsible for the realization of an individual’s dreams and achievements?

Answer 6

humans themselves

Question 7

Humanism puts it’s faith in man’s ____________ achievements.

Answer 7

scientific

Question 8

Humanism rejects dualism, which is: ________________________.

Answer 8

the belief in the body, soul/spirit

Question 9

Humanism believes that the universe was ____________ and was not ____________.

Answer 9

self-existing

created

Question 10

Humanists do not believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth can be found in a relationship with God through ____________ or ____________.

Answer 10

worship

prayer

Question 11

Humanists believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth is to be found in relationships with ____________.

Answer 11

others

Question 12

Humanists believe that traditional religion gives individuals false ______ and wishful _________.

Answer 12

hope

thinking

Question 13

When what the original Humanist Manifesto written?

Answer 13

1933

Question 14

How many different versions of the Humanist Manifesto are there?

Answer 14

3

Question 15

What were the two significant events that led to the writing of the second Humanist Manifesto?

Answer 15

Roe v. Wade

continual war

Question 16

What is the most famous quote from the second Humanist Manifesto?

Answer 16

“No deity will save us, we must save ourselves.”

Question 17

What term used to describe humanism was dropped from the writing of the first to the second Humanist Manifesto?

Answer 17

religion/religious

Question 18

Who was one of the signers of the original Humanist Manifesto that was a philosopher and influenced government schooling in America?

Answer 18

John Dewey

Question 19

According to Humanists, man is basically what?

Answer 19

good

Question 20

According to Humanists, relief from the personal and societal problems of life as well as the meaning to life comes from where?

Answer 20

satisfying one’s desires

Question 21

What Manifesto promoting the community of man and the elimination of religious influence was written by authors Marx and Engel in 1848?

Answer 21

Communist Manifesto

Question 22

What three examples do the writers of the Humanist Manifesto call “advancements” at the start of the 3rd paragraph in order to conclude that a new situation has been created “which requires a new statement of the means and purposes of religion”?

Answer 22

1) Larger understanding of the universe
2) Man’s scientific achievements
3) Deeper appreciation of brotherhood

Question 23

What kind of language is the following statement: “There is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal, identification of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem of human living in the 20th Century.”

Answer 23

Assumptive language

Question 24

The Humanist Manifesto states that religion is to meet which two needs of humanity?

Answer 24

1) adequate social goals

2) personal satisfactions

Question 25

The Humanist Manifesto states that the universe was NOT created...what did they believe?

Answer 25

it is self-existing

Question 26

How does the Humanist Manifesto explain where man came from?

Answer 26

emerged from the universe (evolution)

Question 27

What does the Humanist Manifesto reject when an individual is "determining existence and the value of any and all realities"?

Answer 27

supernatural guarantees of human value

Question 28

What two methods does the Humanist Manifesto promote when an individual is "determining existence and the value of any and all realities"?

Answer 28

1) intelligent inquiry | 2) assessment in how it meets a human's needs

Question 29

How does the Humanist Manifesto believe that humans can comes to a "complete realization of the human personality"?

Answer 29

to fulfill oneself in the here and now

Question 30

What does the Humanist Manifesto believe individuals are to express their "religious emotions"?

Answer 30

1) heightened sense of personal life | 2) cooperative effort to create social well being

Question 31

How does Christianity believe individuals are to express their "religious emotions"?

Answer 31

worship and prayer

Question 32

The Humanist Manifesto states that man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of which two manners?

Answer 32

1) knowledge of naturalness | 2) knowledge of probability

Question 33

Furthermore, the Humanist Manifesto states that man will no longer face the crises of life in which three manners?

Answer 33

1) sentimental hopes 2) unreal hopes 3) wishful thinking

Question 34

What are the two ways advised in the Humanist Manifesto in order to endure that man will face the crises of life in the way they have determined to be correct?

Answer 34

1) fostered by education | 2) supported by custom

Question 35

What has been created in the US Government that illustrates the following statement: "We assume that humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene."

Answer 35

welfare state (programs)

Question 36

What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto promote?

Answer 36

Socialism

Question 37

What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto reject?

Answer 37

Capitalism

Question 38

The Humanist Manifesto states that all associations and institutions exist for what purpose?

Answer 38

fulfillment of human life

Question 39

What were the two primary reasons that the Humanist Manifesto found an acceptable audience in Western Civilization?

Answer 39

1) Appeals to the inherent sinful nature | 2) Appeals to those seeking to be out from under the control of organized religion