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Quiz for American Voices: Evangelical Religion and Enlightenment Rationalism

Question

1. Sarah Lippet’s view of God most closely resembles the view articulated by which of the following religious movements?

Puritanism

Pietism

Deism

Roman Catholicism

Correct. The answer is b. Sarah Lippet’s view of God most closely resembles that articulated by the Pietists, who believed that one’s acceptance of God would bring salvation.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Sarah Lippet’s view of God most closely resembles that articulated by the Pietists, who believed that one’s acceptance of God would bring salvation.

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2. To which of the following factors did Nathan Cole attribute his new understanding that he would be saved?

Enlightenment rationalism

Predestination

His performance of good works

His personal acceptance of God

Correct. The answer is d. Nathan Cole’s writing reveals that he came to believe he would be saved when he truly accepted his personal relationship with God.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Nathan Cole’s writing reveals that he came to believe he would be saved when he truly accepted his personal relationship with God.

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3. Benjamin Franklin’s attraction to deist views led him to place the highest value on which of the following activities?

Attending Sunday services

Educating himself on scientific questions

Treating other people well

Engaging in politics

Correct. The answer is c. Franklin said that “the most acceptable Service of God was the doing Good to Man.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. Franklin said that “the most acceptable Service of God was the doing Good to Man.”

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4. Which of the following critiques would Benjamin Franklin and John Wise most likely have offered in response to Sarah Lippet’s and Nathan Cole’s views on religion?

Lippet’s and Cole’s views led them to focus on the afterlife rather than on life itself.

Lippet and Cole should have followed their own minds and not the words of ministers.

Their belief in God was contradictory to science and the laws of nature.

Their focus was too much on the soul and not enough on the body.

Correct. The answer is a. Neither Franklin nor Wise objected to ministers, a belief in God, or a focus on the soul, but they both emphasized the importance of virtuous actions in life. Therefore, they would have criticized Lippet’s and Cole’s emphases on an afterlife.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Neither Franklin nor Wise objected to ministers, a belief in God, or a focus on the soul, but they both emphasized the importance of virtuous actions in life. Therefore, they would have criticized Lippet’s and Cole’s emphases on an afterlife.