Quiz: Engaging in Late Modernism
Due Feb 21 at 11:59pm
Points 50
Questions 25
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers all Learn materials from Module 6: Week 6.
Contains 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions.
Is limited to 60 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 50 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 6: Week 6.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 9 minutes 48 out of 50
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Score for this quiz: 48 out of 50
Submitted Feb 15 at 10:16am
This attempt took 9 minutes.
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
The gospel is very exclusive toward people groups but not in its message.
True
False
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
The lyrics from “After the Storm” by Mumford and Sons reveals that despite the prevalence of
religious lethargy in late modern culture, there is underlying fear of death that remains.
True
False
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
The notion of justice and the desire to right the wrongs in society is an opportunity to counter
which cultural challenge?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Good diagnostic questions to ask ourselves about an apologetic approach to lethargy include all
of the following, except:
How do we answer tough questions about God and the afterlife?
How should we give a defense if people don't care?
How do we approach culture when apathy towards religious belief is common?
What do we do when people just aren't interested?
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
While one dominant religious culture used to be given “overwhelming credibility” and seen as
“beyond challenge” in the Western world, such is no longer the case today.
True
False
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Modern pluralism primarily points to the existence of which of the following:
Adherents who are unintelligent and/or ignore basic logic
A variety of religions
Different overlapping interpretive frameworks that support a variety of conclusions
Some atheists don't actually have horns or carry pitchforks
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
A high view of human dignity is specifically an opportunity in which cultural challenge?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Late moderns have absorbed a cultural narrative that no longer assumes a divinely-ordered world
in which there are God-given ways to live.
True
False
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Religious lethargy has explicitly led to religious skepticism.
True
False
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
In response to a skeptic who points out that Christians only believe because of where they were
born, it would be inappropriate to point out that such a rule applies equally to the skeptic as well.
True
False
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Religious skepticism defeats itself when it grounds religious belief solely in cultural contexts.
True
False
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
Regarding expressive individualism, the most important thing that you can do as an
individual is throw off the shackles of exterior expectations and be “true to
yourself.”
True
False
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
Human relationality and our common sense of community challenges the ethics of authenticity.
True
False
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Which cultural challenge seeks to construct its own web of meaning and believes to have
provided the significance it needs for life apart from God?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
A healthy apologetic must begin with healthy discipleship within the church.
True
False
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Late modernism lacks the ability to provide sufficient _________ for the ethical intuitions of
human dignity and universal benevolence.
Grounding
Motivation
Hope
All of the above
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
According to the authors, self-authorizing morality holds personal happiness
as the highest good.
True
False
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
The human heart is inevitably driven by something that it worships and desires above all else.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 19
0 / 2 pts
In terms of world history, pluralism is actually quite new.
True
False
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
Which cultural challenge shows us that within the culture there is a contestability of all belief
systems?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
The reality of beauty in the world is an opportunity to counter which cultural challenge?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
By saying they are against one particular doctrine of salvation, pluralists are actually expressing
a doctrine of salvation themselves.
True
False
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Which cultural challenge replaces sin with sickness?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Which cultural challenge turns inward and calls a person to be true to their self?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
The everyday stuff opportunity is part of which cultural challenge?
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Quiz Score: 48 out of 50
