GOVT 200 - Quiz 1

Which worldview flowed out of the Protestant Reformation? A. Biblical Christian B. Christian Scientist C. Hindu D. Islamic

A. Biblical Christian

In what year did Dr. Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to the church door? A. 1789 B. 1215 C. 1517 D. 1700

C. 1517

What is reason absolutized? A. An authoritative outside force B. Divine knowledge residing ontologically within man C. An autonomous human thought or rationalism D. The original sin of all mankind

C. An autonomous human thought or rationalism

A Biblical Supernatural Ontology asks the question: How do all things exist? What does this mean specifically? A. The God of the Bible is the ultimate value, and man, created in the image of God, is of infinite, eternal value. B. God disclosed the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, propositional form in the Bible. C. God and His rule are in ultimate control and determinative of direction and time. D. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man.

D. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man.

A contractual order represents relations between and among whom? A. Prophets B. Elected officials C. Men D. God

C. Men

Which covenant recognizes all of the corporate relationships of man, including marriage, the family, local and national government? A. Personal Covenant B. Political Covenant C. Ecclesiastical Covenant D. Civil-Social Covenant

D. Civil-Social Covenant

One basic presupposition of the Biblical Christian Worldview is that under the sovereign God, man is king. This refers to which presupposition? A. Man is King under God. B. Man is God. C. Man is Prophet under God. D. Man is Priest under God.

A. Man is King under God.

Which influential Latin Church father, who was Bishop of Hippo, developed the first complete Christian philosophy of history and of the state within a systematic presentation of Christian theology through his City of God, which dominated European Christendom for close to 800 years? A. Aurelius Augustine B. Plato C. Sophocles D. Pontius Pilot

A. Aurelius Augustine

The Kingdom of God teleology asks the question: What is the purpose of all existence? What does this mean specifically? A. God and His rule are in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. B. God disclosed the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, propositional form; that is, the Bible. C. The God of the Bible is the ultimate value but that man, created in the image of God, is of infinite, eternal value. D. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man.

A. God and His rule are in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time.

One basic presupposition of the Biblical Christian Worldview is that all men, on the basis of the finished work of God-in-Christ, have direct access to God. What is this presupposition? A. Man is Priest under God. B. Man is God. C. Man is King under God. D. Man is Prophet under God.

A. Man is Priest under God.

The second primary question - which asks the nature of the origin of man - is often times referred to as what? A. The anthropological question B. The ontological question C. The cosmological question D. The epistemological question

A. The anthropological question

According to Martin, we can and should know not only what we believe, but also what? A. How we believe B. Why we believe it C. Where we believe D. What we're told to believe

B. Why we believe it

Which of the following represents a naturalistic ontology? A. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man. B. Humans are most valuable, specifically given their intellectual capacity. C. A non-supernatural force is productive of existence. D. Mankind can ultimately know because God has disclosed truth verbally and propositionally through the Bible.

C. A non-supernatural force is productive of existence.

Which term was used in Puritan America, as flowing from the Reformation period, which recognized that God is over all of life? A. Covenantal order B. Institutional Interposition C. Holy Commonwealth D. Institutional Arrangement

C. Holy Commonwealth

In order to answer the first two primary questions, we must address four simple, subsidiary "philosophical" questions. What is the third? A.The cosmological question B. The epistemological question C. The axiological question D. The ontological question

C. The axiological question

Madison claims "the most sacred of all property" is A. merchandize B. religious liberty C. conscience D. intellect

C. conscience

When referencing the Biblical Christian worldview, three basic presuppositions are asserted. What is the first? A. The Church, as the ecclesiastical construct, has total authority in this age. B. There is no institutional interposition between God and man. C. Man is prophet, priest, and king under sovereign God. D. The Kingdom of God is spiritual.

D. The Kingdom of God is spiritual.

What is a worldview? A. The reality of the world at any subjective point in time B. All thinking done in the form of presuppositions C. The scope by which an individual is told by a tyrannical governmental system to view their nation and fellow citizens D. The scope or lens by which an individual views the world and their reality

D. The scope or lens by which an individual views the world and their reality

When considering the axiological question, which possible option asserts that a god is above or beyond man as the ultimate value? A. Humanistic B. Realistic C. Materialistic D. Theistic

D. Theistic

The Biblical principle of private property is evidenced in the Eighth Commandment of the Ten Commandments. What does it say? (KJV) A. That shalt not use the Lords name in vain. B. Thou shalt not murder. C. Thou shalt not covet another man's wife. D. Thou shalt not steal.

D. Thou shalt not steal.

Martin suggests that a worldview has three components - which come in the form of primary questions. What is the third primary question? A. How do I exist? B. What is the origin, nature, and destiny of the cosmos? C. What is the origin, nature, role, and destiny of man? D. What is the institutional structure and procedure of the worldview?

D. What is the institutional structure and procedure of the worldview?

Madison states that man not only has property in his opinions, but more specifically, what sort of opinions? A. civil opinions B. political opinions C. economic opinions D. religious opinions

D. religious opinions

Which of the following correctly defines the term "Worldview"? A. A worldview is a philosophy of life which attempts to address and answer the grand questions of life to direct man in organizing his relationships, or in the manner he should live and construct all of life. B. A worldview is akin to a fad or fashion, or fleeting cultural sentiment, as opposed to a philosophy of life. C. A worldview is the same as a presupposition; something assumed to be true beforehand as a basis of an argument or discussion. D. A worldview only represents a view of the world that excludes or dispenses with the supernatural or spiritual.

A. A worldview is a philosophy of life which attempts to address and answer the grand questions of life to direct man in organizing his relationships, or in the manner he should live and construct all of life.

Within the institutional structure and procedure of the third primary question, we read of seven institutional arenas. Which of the following is one of those seven? This question requires you be very specific in your response. A. Ecclesiastical B. Finance C. Domestic politics D. Civil

A. Ecclesiastical

A worldview must ultimately provide what? A. Enduring answers to the larger questions which are applicable to the whole of life B. Answers to matters of civil authority only C. Answers to all our personal questions D. Answers relative to the divine nature of supernatural beings

A. Enduring answers to the larger questions which are applicable to the whole of life

Martin suggests that a worldview has three components - which come in the form of primary questions. What is the first primary question? A. What is the origin, nature, and destiny of the cosmos? B. How do I exist? C. What is the origin, nature, role, and destiny of man? D. What am I?

A. What is the origin, nature, and destiny of the cosmos?

What is the purpose of civil-government from a Biblical perspective? A. Civil-government is simply an invention of man to meet his social needs; even social justice concerns. B. Civil-government is divinely ordained for order and procedure in a fallen world. C. Civil-government is for the sole purpose of governors being served by the governed. D. Civil-government is based in human wisdom alone and of a purely secular nature to meet all mans' needs.

B. Civil-government is divinely ordained for order and procedure in a fallen world.

While the Protestant Reformation is dated differently, most historians and academics begin the Reformation with the posting of the 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany by whom? A. John Wycliffe B. Dr. Martin Luther C. St. Augustine D. John Huss Bohemian

B. Dr. Martin Luther

Given examples of covenants within the Holy Commonwealth arrangement, which is the second? A. Political Covenant B. Ecclesiastical Covenant C. Civil-Social Covenant D. Personal Covenant

B. Ecclesiastical Covenant

There is a design/structure flowing from each worldview. Which of the following on the institutional spectrum references the means to acquiring information, including the schools, both formal and informal, and the media? A. Civil-Social B. Educational C. Economical D. Ecclesiastical

B. Educational

The phrase "there is no institutional interposition between God and Man," means that institutional structures are directly responsible to whom? A. Prime Minister B. God C. The church D. The President

B. God

The epistemological question attempted to answer what? A. Who am I? How do we exist? B. How do we know? C. What is the difference between rationality and rationalism? D. What if anything, is the ultimate value?

B. How do we know?

When considering the axiological question, which possible option asserts that man is the ultimate value? A. Theistic B. Humanistic C. Materialistic D. Realistic

B. Humanistic

What are the two most important teleological possibilities within the final analysis of the teleological question? A. Kingdom of Self v. Kingdom of Society B. Kingdom of God v. Kingdom of Earth C. Kingdom of Man v. Kingdom of God D. Kingdom of Parent v. Kingdom of Child

B. Kingdom of God v. Kingdom of Earth

One basic presupposition of the Biblical Christian Worldview is that all men are given the gift of revelation under God. This refers to which presupposition? A. Man is God B. Man is Prophet under God. C. Man is King under God. D. Man is Priest under God.

B. Man is Prophet under God.

When referencing the Biblical Christian worldview, three basic presuppositions are asserted. What is the second? A. There is no institutional interposition between God and man. B. Man is prophet, priest, and king under sovereign God. C. The Kingdom of God is spiritual. D. The Church, as the ecclesiastical construct, has total authority in this age.

B. Man is prophet, priest, and king under sovereign God.

When considering the axiological question, which possible option asserts that matter is the ultimate value? A. Realistic B. Materialistic C. Theistic D. Humanistic

B. Materialistic

Given examples of covenants within the Holy Commonwealth arrangement, which is the first? A. Civil-Social Covenant B. Personal Covenant C. Political Covenant D. Ecclesiastical Covenant

B. Personal Covenant

Within the epistemological question, it can be assumed that we ultimately know - but only on the basis of revelation, intuition, or what? A. Religious Pluralism B. Reason C. Sanctification D. Grace

B. Reason

What does a humanistic axiology purport? A. That man knows simply by exercising his intellect. B. That man, and particularly, the awesome potential of his intellect, is the ultimate value. C. That some yet-to-be discovered non-supernatural force is in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. D. That man and everything else exist on the basis of some yet undiscovered non-supernatural or naturalistic force.

B. That man, and particularly, the awesome potential of his intellect, is the ultimate value.

The first worldview to be discussed is the Biblical Christian worldview, which flowed out of which restatement? A. The Age of Reason B. The Reformation C. The Divine Rights of Kings D. The Justinian Code

B. The Reformation

In order to answer the first two primary questions, we must address four simple, subsidiary "philosophical" questions. What is the second? A. The cosmological question B. The epistemological question C. The anthropological question D. The ontological question

B. The epistemological question

In order to answer the first two primary questions, we must address four simple, subsidiary "philosophical" questions. What is the first? A. The epistemological question B. The ontological question C. The anthropological question D. The cosmological question

B. The ontological question

Which of the following is unrepresentative of the components of a worldview? A. The ontological question B. The scientific question C. The teleological question D. The axiological question E. The cosmological question F. The epistemological question

B. The scientific question

As witnessed by the growth of Christianity in Europe - and by extension North America we're able to ascertain that a worldview is able to do what? A. Travail B. Travel C. Entrench itself in one place D. Phase out

B. Travel

People presuppose to structure all of life on the basis of presuppositions and conclusions drawn, and which are reflected within the institutional structure and procedure of life. Therefore, as biblical Christians, we orient the structure of all life in which direction? A. Horizontally B. Vertically C. Characteristically D. Diagonally

B. Vertically

Martin suggests that a worldview has three components - which come in the form of primary questions. What is the second primary question? A. How do I exist? B. What is the origin, nature, role, and destiny of man? C. What am I? D. What is the origin, nature, and destiny of the cosmos?

B. What is the origin, nature, role, and destiny of man?

The axiological question asks which of the following questions? A. How do we know? B. What, if anything, is the ultimate value? C. Where are we going? D. How do we exist?

B. What, if anything, is the ultimate value?

The teleological question essentially asks what question? A. How do we exist? B. Where are we going? C. How do we know? D. What, if anything, is the ultimate? value?

B. Where are we going?

Madison stated that man "has a property very dear to him in the safety and liberty of his . . . " A. property B. person C. family D. merchandize

B. person

Within the realm of economics, the Biblical Christian worldview adheres to and practices freedom of enterprise which requires the protection of A. the property of the church. B. private property. C. public property. D. government property, such as nature preserves and national parks.

B. private property.

The institutional arrangement in the Post-Christian West is a contrast, or unnatural division, identified as the sacred versus the A. government. B. secular. C. education system. D. church.

B. secular.

How is God authorized to claim man as His "property?" A. through His irresistible will B. through His creation efforts C. through His atoning sacrifice D. through His grace

B. through His creation efforts

There are several signal characteristics that help us identify the prevailing worldviews in a nation or civilization. What is the first characteristic? A. A worldview must be universally applicable. B. A worldview must be completely applicable to all of life. C. A worldview must deal with larger questions. D. A worldview must provide lasting answers.

C. A worldview must deal with larger questions.

Which of the following is not a fundamental characteristic of a worldview? A. A worldview will present itself as factually adequate, or endeavor to be consistent with reality and what is assumed to be known. B. A worldview will attempt to address the larger questions in life. C. A worldview will attempt to be limited in application. Rather than attempting to address the larger questions of life, it will focus mainly upon ethics and morals. D. A worldview will attempt to be universal in application. In other words, it will attempt to say something meaningful regarding the whole of life.

C. A worldview will attempt to be limited in application. Rather than attempting to address the larger questions of life, it will focus mainly upon ethics and morals.

There is a design/structure flowing from each worldview. Which of the following on the institutional spectrum references all of the art forms, expressive of the ultimate beauty - ranging from the literary arts such as literature and history on the one hand, to the audiovisual arts including music, painting, and sculpturing as examples on the other? A. Civil-Social B. Economical C. Aesthetics D. Educational

C. Aesthetics

Given examples of covenants within the Holy Commonwealth arrangement, which is the third? A. Political Covenant B. Ecclesiastical Covenant C. Civil-Social Covenant D. Personal Covenant

C. Civil-Social Covenant

A Biblical Revelation Epistemology asks the question: How does man (ultimately) know? What does this mean specifically? A. The God of the Bible is the ultimate value but that man, created in the image of God, is of infinite, eternal value. B. God and His rule are in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. C. God disclosed the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, propositional form, the Bible. D. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man.

C. God disclosed the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, propositional form, the Bible.

When answering the four primary questions, we look to locate a worldview's answer to determine its institutional structure and procedure. Within the Biblical Christian worldview, we find a Biblical supernatural ontology. What most fundamental question does this attempt to address? A. What is the manner by which nature has created all things? B. How does science explain the origin of all things? C. How and by 'whom' do all things exist? D. How and by 'what' do all things exist?

C. How and by 'whom' do all things exist?

What is meant by the depravity of man? A. Man is indeed in ultimate authority and can save himself via the State. B. This means that man is not dependent upon the finished work of God through Christ for his salvation. C. Man is depraved in that he is a fallen sinful creature and cannot save himself. D. This means that man is central to the whole of life.

C. Man is depraved in that he is a fallen sinful creature and cannot save himself.

Which covenant within the Holy Commonwealth arrangement suggest that God propositions every person to obey His way and will? A. Civil-Social Covenant B. Ecclesiastical Covenant C. Personal Covenant D. Political Covenant

C. Personal Covenant

In his writings from "On Property," Madison states that "a man's land, or merchandize, or money is called his what?" A. Honor B. Wealth C. Property D. Person

C. Property

In order to differentiate between the epistemological possibilities of revelation and reason, it is necessary to distinguish between rationality and rationalism. Which of the following is correct? A. Rationalism presupposes revelation. B. Communication presupposes rationalism. C. Rationalism absolutizes term-19man's intellect. D. Rationalism assumes that man does not need to 'know,' only 'feel'.

C. Rationalism absolutizes man's intellect.

While the Reformation is certainly ascribed to Dr. Martin Luther, it had been anticipated over a century and half earlier by the Englishmen John Wycliffe and the Bohemian Jan (John) Huss. Huss was highly influenced by the writings of whom? A. Dr. Martin Luther B. King Charles I C. St. Augustine D. Dr. Martin Huss

C. St. Augustine

What does a naturalistic ontology purport? A. That man, and particularly, the awesome potential of his intellect, is the ultimate value. B. That some yet-to-be discovered non-supernatural force is in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. C. That man and everything else exist on the basis of some yet undiscovered non-supernatural or naturalistic force. D. That man knows simply by exercising his intellect.

C. That man and everything else exist on the basis of some yet undiscovered non-supernatural or naturalistic force.

What does a Kingdom of Earth teleology purport? A. That man, and particularly, the awesome potential of his intellect, is the ultimate value. B. That man and everything else exist on the basis of some yet undiscovered non-supernatural or naturalistic force. C. That some yet-to-be discovered non-supernatural force is in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. D. That man knows simply by exercising his intellect.

C. That some yet-to-be discovered non-supernatural force is in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time.

A Biblical Theistic Axiology asks the question: How does man (ultimately) know? What does this mean specifically? A. God disclosed the truth of Himself and what exists in verbal, propositional form, that is, from the Bible. B. God and His rule are in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. C. The God of the Bible is the ultimate value but that man, created in the image of God, is of infinite, eternal value. D. The God of the Bible created everything that exists including man.

C. The God of the Bible is the ultimate value but that man, created in the image of God, is of infinite, eternal value.

Read the following quote and determine which of the options presented below adequately addresses it: Individuals who had access to the Bible advanced alternative interpretive methodologies that conflicted with the church's standard approach. A Protestant hermeneutic was developing that laid greater stress upon the grammar and original languages of the Bible as well as its historical and literary contexts. Reformation Europe produced new political readings of Biblical passages that resulted in radical constitutional ideas. As a result, new political theologies were developing, multifaceted in nature, that challenged old perspectives on civil and ecclesiastical government as well as the authority of magistrates and rulers. These emerging continental ideas were quickly making their way into England in the 1570s as part of the Puritan movement,6 (Links to an external site.) and eventually arrived onto America's shores with the Plymouth Pilgrim Separatists and the New England Puritans A. The advent of a new hermeneutic, or interpretation of the Scriptures as flowing from the Enlightenment. B. The advent of a new hermeneutic, or interpretation of the Scriptures as flowing from the Renaissance. C. The advent of a new hermeneutic, or interpretation of the Scriptures as flowing from the Reformation. D. The advent of a new hermeneutic, or interpretation of the Scriptures as flowing from Roman Catholicism.

C. The advent of a new hermeneutic, or interpretation of the Scriptures as flowing from the Reformation.

The first primary question - which asks the origin of the cosmos - is often times referred to as what? A. The epistemological question B. The ontological question C. The cosmological question D. The anthropological question

C. The cosmological question

In order to answer the first two primary questions, we must address four simple, subsidiary "philosophical" questions. What is the fourth? A. The ontological question B. The cosmological question C. The teleological question D. The anthropological question

C. The teleological question

When referencing the Biblical Christian worldview, three basic presuppositions are asserted. What is the third? A. Man is prophet, priest, and king under sovereign God. B. The Kingdom of God is spiritual. C. There is no institutional interposition between God and man. D. The Church, as the ecclesiastical construct, has total authority in this age.

C. There is no institutional interposition between God and man.

The ontological question asks what? A. What is the difference between rationality and rationalism? B. What if anything, is the ultimate value? C. Who am I? How do we exist? D. How do we know?

C. Who am I? How do we exist?

The Biblical Christian subscribes to the twin constants of the sovereignty of God and the A. absolute social and political equality of man. B. absolute authority of civil government. C. depravity of man. D. sovereignty of the state.

C. depravity of man.

Read the following quote and identify which option matches it. This stage represents intellectuals or individuals who are absorbed and preoccupied with presuppositions and ideas, who routinely meditate on metaphysical things, and those who attempt to answer the questions worldviews address. It represents a vision of how life can be understood and contains the essential elements of a worldview. This is also known as the stage of conceptualization, whereby concepts and ideas are blended into a complex system of philosophical thought. Men like Karl Marx or Charles Darwin operated at this level. A. Eclectic Level B. Conglomerate C. Level of Sociological Application D. Abstraction

D. Abstraction

Which covenant within the Holy Commonwealth arrangement suggests that God is propositioning man relative to a corporate relationship with the church? A. Personal Covenant B. Civil-Social Covenant C. Political Covenant D. Ecclesiastical Covenant

D. Ecclesiastical Covenant

What does a rationalistic epistemology purport? A. That man, and particularly, the awesome potential of his intellect, is the ultimate value. B. That some yet-to-be discovered non-supernatural force is in ultimate control and determinative of direction in time. C. That man and everything else exist on the basis of some yet undiscovered non-supernatural or naturalistic force. D. That man knows simply by exercising his intellect.

D. That man knows simply by exercising his intellect.

Within the ontological question, philosophers have termed the alternatives of various starting points as the ground of grace v. ground of nature. What are various philosophers attempting to ask through this analogy? A.Why am I here? B.Where is God? C.Who is God? D. What is the starting point?

D. What is the starting point?

According to Madison, what is instituted to protect property of "every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses." A. the court system B. a monarchical government C. God D. civil government as created by the US Constitution

D. civil government as created by the US Constitution

To recognize the existence of a covenantal order is to acknowledge that God has not . . . A. given man direction for life. B. reached down to man and propositioned him to live according to His truth in the whole of life. C. required man be governed by man-made covenants and contracts. D. left man alone. God has reached down to man and propositioned him to live according to His truth in the whole of life.

D. left man alone. God has reached down to man and propositioned him to live according to His truth in the whole of life.