Study Credit Quiz

The Journal of Pastoral Care (Fall 1999, Vol. 53, No. 3)
[Answer 7 of 10 questions correctly to receive 6 hours of Continuing Education credit]

Challenges of Faith: Transitional Objects
1. Robert Bellah claims that the cause of modern emptiness is
a. excessive individualism.
b. the trivialization of tradition.
c. reliance on bureaucratic institutions.
d. the mass media revolution.

2. Holding onto “transitional objects” in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty is called
a. intransigence.
b. isolative-avoidance.
c. solipsistic-eclecticism.
d. engaged-commitment.

Horse of a Different Color
3. Nursing home residents defined their spirituality in terms of
a. public worship.
b. a personal relationship with God.
c. pastoral visitation.
d. Bible study.

4. For 92% of the participants in this study, their disability
a. weakened their faith.
b. deepened their faith.
c. limited their faith.
d. had no effect on their faith.

Life and Death Matters
5. Who argued that physical death arose because of Adam’s act of disobedience?
a. Augustine
b. Pelagius
c. Julian
d. Pagels

6. A sanctity of death ethic DISAGREES with which of the following statements?
a. Humans are not the centerpiece of creation.
b. Human death reflects God’s natural order of creation.
c. Only humans are created in God’s image.
d. Causing death can sometimes be a humane response.

Chaplains’ Communications with Latino Patients
7. A polychronic style of communication is characterized by
a. focusing in on one thing at a time.
b. prolonged silence.
c. no distractions.
d. interruptions.

8. In terms of Latino facial expressions, pointing with puckered lips at a person and then smiling means
a. blowing a kiss.
b. “I like you. You’re cute.”
c. “Well, that’s a nice idea!”
d. sarcasm.

A Life-Cycle Approach to Ministry with the Aging
9. Which is NOT a reversible cause of confusion or disorientation?
a. using medications
b. emotional stress
c. depression
d. organic brain syndrome

10. Elderly persons who revere and idealize their past are
a. old-fashioned.
b. demented.
c. seeking familiarity.
d. failing.

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Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling (Fall 1999, Vol. 53, No. 3)

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