Name: _________________________________ LBST 2102 Fall 2014: Globalizing Hinduism TestChoose the best answer. Be sure to clearly indicate your choice on the Opscan and double-check your answers. Make sure that there are no blanks and your answers match this sheet. You may write on this.From Readings:1. Samskaras are:a. rites of passage marking important changes in one’s lifeb. ritual circumambulations around a templec. tribal scarification signifying caste statusd. small tree demigods2. The fire god present for both weddings and funerals is:a. Visnu b. Kali c. Sri Laksmi d. Agni3. You are a female guest at a Hindu wedding. What color should you definitely not wear?a. Yellow b. Gray c. Green d. Red4. In the Hindu tradition, the deceased person’s body is:a. Buried in a sandalwood coffinb. Left exposed on the top of a special “sky tower”c. Cremated in an open fire and the ashes spread in the Gangesd. Dismembered and fed to vulture goddesses5. What is the debate or problem discussed by the article, Does Doing Yoga Make You a Hindu?a. One guru is trying to push yoga on a small community in New Guinea in order to covert kidsb. People all over the world enjoy yoga but some are concerned that it is a threat to their religionsc. A college student was kicked out of her house after she “came out” to her grandmother as a yogid. Indians are practicing yoga but neglecting their temple worship because “doing yoga is enough”6. What are some solutions or decisions people have made about this (corresponds to the options above)?a. A mob tried to kill the guru and India refuses to allow him back into the countryb. Alternative names for postures and visualizations are used to de-Hindu yogac. An on-campus support group for homeless youth is starting a religious-education campaign d. Temple priests are sponsoring yoga classes in the temples to draw people back in7. How do Hindu yogis live in India?a. They live in lavish templesb. They wander around India on foot with next to nothingc. They live at home with their parents in special huts or roomsd. They travel on camel-back or elephant-back between monasteries8. What are Hindu yogis’ goals and supporting worldviews?a. They want to achieve worldly riches and glory because YOLO (but really)b. They want to rework the social system according to the vision of the prophet Mahatirthac. They want to bring (violent) justice to small town communities because no one else cand. They want to realize ultimate reality and escape the cycle of rebirth9. Most of the Indians who have immigrated to America came after 1965 and are primarily: a. Poor laborers b. Religious refugees c. Political dissidents d. Educated professionals10. Who are the two main deities worshipped (not including Ganesha, who is universal/pan-Hindu)?a. Maitreya and Manjusri b. Shiva and Vishnu c. Asura and Sarasvati d. Hera and Zeus11. What is a major example of a change to Hinduism in America?a. There are no temples in America and images of the deities are no longer used in ritualb. They create religious organizations, partly as cultural spaces and learning centers c. Devotion has shifted to American goddesses from Native American (indigenous) mythologiesd. Children are the primary mediums through which the deities speak and most gurus are children12. Transcendentalism, Swami Vivekananda, and ISKCON are/were all a part of what is known as: a. Hindutva b. Theosophy c. Missionary Hinduism d. Jain Revivalism13. Hindu home shrines are commonly:a. Found in colorful gardens featuring water features and rock formationsb. Kept in a special room or cupboard and decorated with images, lights, and offeringsc. Very Zen-like in appearance: exceptionally clean with geometric patterns all in white and blackd. Built only in a basement with a special dirt or sand floor and only made only of natural driftwood14. What is “puja”?a. wealth b. beauty c. breathing d. worship15. How do Hindus traditionally choose their marriage partners?a. Marriage ads are posted in paper circulars and arrangements are made via written correspondenceb. Eligible men and women socialize at monthly salons (chaperoned) and choose their own partnersc. Lots are chosen from a pool of eligible individuals from different villages but the same casted. Parents select the spouse, sometimes with input from their child after brief meetings16. What is NOT a way Indian-Americans are trying to make sure their kids stay Hindu in America?a. Teaching them the languages and texts of their homelands and ethnic groupsb. Sending them to summer camps and temple youth group activitiesc. Going on pilgrimages to notable American and Indian templesd. Keeping them out of public schools so they won’t interact socially with non-Hindus17. How are the images of the gods treated in temples? a. As if the god is actually there to see and hear all: woken, dressed, fed, put to sleep at nightb. There are no images of the gods, images are forbidden in Hinduismc. As mere decoration: put up on the wall and then largely ignored d. They are used as ritual objects but no sense of awareness is attributed to the images 18. What natural feature are most Hindu temples modeled on?a. Trees b. Canyons c. Mountains d. Ocean waves19. One of the most popular festivals for both Indian and Western Hindus is the “festival of lights” or:a. Shivratri b. Diwali c. Pudu d. Vesak20. Who were the two groups followed by the filmmakers in The World Before Her?a. Young Bharata nuns and orphaned sadhus c. Hindu college students in Kolkata and Dallasb. Low-caste servants and Brahmin priests d. Miss India contestants and Hindutva girls21. What were both groups in the above film working for, despite coming from very different places/views?a. The freedom to vote b. Social- and self-respect c. Animal rights d. abolition of caste22. What did Prachi eventually seem to decide, by the end of the film?a. That being a doctor was the best career path for his family, even though she wanted to be an artistb. That being a sadhu was too difficult a life and that he was going to reenter “the world”c. That she would rather live life as a low-caste leather-worker than formally convert to Buddhismd. That she would probably go ahead and get married if that’s a woman’s duty and Dad said so23. The festival of Navratri honors which goddess (primarily)?a. Tara b. Sri Lakshmi c.