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Practice Quiz for Magic and Religion

No. of Questions= 5

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1.  The use of ritual formulas and actions to compel or influence supernatural powers to act in certain ways for good or evil purposes is:
a) common in most religions
b) rare in most religions
c) a definition of magic
d) A and C
2.  "Like produces like" is the basic principle of ___________ magic.
a) sympathetic
b) contagious
c) none of the above
3.  If someone discovers some of your old clothes in the trash and they use them in a magical act that results in you becoming forgetful and accident prone, they are practicing _____________ magic.
a) sympathetic
b) contagious
c) imitative
4.  Divination is a method for ___________________ .
a) casting a spell to harm another person
b) determining the cause of an event or the future
c) becoming a god or deity
5.  Which of the following statements is true concerning witchcraft in societies that believe in it?
a) Witchcraft may be an explanation for illness.
b) Witchcraft may be used as a means of social control.
c) The existence of witchcraft cannot be easily refuted with logical arguments.
d) all of the above are true
 


 

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