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

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpenersandrulers.

• 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

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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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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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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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Question 3 (12marks)a. Basedonyourstudyofamemberofareligioustraditionordenomination,explainhowand

whythefaithofthisindividualwasinfluencedbyasignificantlifeexperience.Alsoexplainhowtheirengagementwiththerelatedexpressionsofrelevantreligiousbeliefswasaffected. 6marks

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b. Howdidtheindividualinpart a.interprettheirsignificantlifeexperienceandhowdidthereligiousbeliefsofthisindividualinfluencetheirinterpretation? 6marks

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Question 4 (10marks)Selectonereligioustraditionordenominationyouhavestudiedandonechallengetothisreligioustraditionordenomination.

Religioustraditionordenomination

Challenge

Explainhowthischallengedemonstratestheprocessofengagementandnegotiationofthisreligioustraditionordenominationwithitsmembersandwiththewidersociety.

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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.