RELIGION AND SOCIETYWritten examination
Monday 19 November 2018 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 6 6 30B 5 5 50
Total 80
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• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.
• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.
Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof20pages• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
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SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2018
STUDENT NUMBER
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Question 1 (6marks)a. Definetheaspect‘sacredstories’. 1mark
b. Definetheaspect‘texts’. 1mark
c. Explaintherolesofthesetwoaspectsinreligion. 4marks
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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SECTION A – Question 2–continued
Question 2 (6marks)
Source:MichaelLeunig,@leunigcartoonsonTwitter
a. Whatdoesthiscartoonsuggestaboutthehumansearchformeaning? 2marks
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b. Drawingonyourresponsetopart a.,towhatextentdoesthecartoonreflecttheapproachofreligiontothehumansearchformeaning? 4marks
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Question 3 (5marks)Howmightsignificantlifeexperiencesinfluencepeople’sengagementwithandadherencetoreligion?
Question 4 (4marks)Explainwhyreligiongenerallymighttakeastanceofindifferencewhenfacedwithasignificantchallenge.
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Question 5 (6marks)Selecttwoaspectsofreligionandexplaintheirgeneralroleinhowreligionmayrespondtochallenges.
Question 6 (3marks)‘Foralargepartofhumanhistory,religionhasbeenatruthnarrative.’
Whatisthemeaningof‘truthnarrative’inthestatementabove?
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SECTION B –continued
Question 1 (8marks)Analysehowtheaspect‘symbols’ and‘times’intheaspect‘spaces,places,timesandartifacts’nurturemeaning.Inyourresponse,refertoone or morereligiousbeliefsfromone or morereligioustraditionsordenominationsyouhavestudied.
SECTION B
Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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Question 2 (10marks)Selectonereligioustraditionordenominationyouhavestudied.UseyourselectedreligioustraditionordenominationwhenrespondingtobothpartsofQuestion2.
Religioustraditionordenomination
a. Describeonereligiousbeliefrelatedtoultimaterealityandonereligiousbeliefrelatedtotherelationshipbetweenhumans. 4marks
b. Analysetheconnectionbetweenthebeliefsdescribedinpart a.inthesearchformeaning. 6marks
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SECTION B – Question 3–continued
Question 3 (12marks)a. Basedonyourstudyofamemberofareligioustraditionordenomination,explainhowand
whythefaithofthisindividualwasinfluencedbyasignificantlifeexperience.Alsoexplainhowtheirengagementwiththerelatedexpressionsofrelevantreligiousbeliefswasaffected. 6marks
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b. Howdidtheindividualinpart a.interprettheirsignificantlifeexperienceandhowdidthereligiousbeliefsofthisindividualinfluencetheirinterpretation? 6marks
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SECTION B – Question 4–continued
Question 4 (10marks)Selectonereligioustraditionordenominationyouhavestudiedandonechallengetothisreligioustraditionordenomination.
Religioustraditionordenomination
Challenge
Explainhowthischallengedemonstratestheprocessofengagementandnegotiationofthisreligioustraditionordenominationwithitsmembersandwiththewidersociety.
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SECTION B – Question 5–continued
Question 5 (10marks)Selectanotherchallengeyouhavestudied.ThechallengemustbedifferentfromtheoneselectedinQuestion4.YoumayuseanyreligioustraditionordenominationyouhavestudiedwhenrespondingtoQuestion5.
Religioustraditionordenomination
Challenge
Towhatextentdidthestancesadoptedbythisreligioustraditionordenominationinresponsetothischallengeinfluencethechallengeitself?
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Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
