religion and society

RELIGION AND SOCIETYWritten examination

Monday 18 November 2019 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 5 5 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 2019

STUDENT NUMBER

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SECTION A – continued

Question 1 (4marks)Whyaresignificantlifeexperiencesimportantinthesearchformeaning?

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

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Question 2 (5 marks)Explain the connection between stances and supporting responses in relation to religions when religions address significant challenges.

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Question 3 (5marks)Whathasyourstudyofsignificantchallengesshownabouttheinteractionovertimebetweenreligioustraditionsandthesocietiesofwhichtheyareapart?

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Question 4 (7marks)a. Explainhowritualscontributetothesearchformeaning. 3marks

b. Describeoneritualfromareligioustraditionordenominationthatyouhavestudiedtoshowhowritualscontributetothesearchformeaning. 4marks

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Question 5 (9marks)

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a. Whatunderstandingofultimaterealityissuggestedbythisimage? 3marks

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b. Explaintheextenttowhichtheunderstandingofultimaterealitysuggestedbytheimageonpage6reflectsthebeliefsaboutultimaterealityofonereligioustraditionordenominationthatyouhavestudied. 6marks

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SECTION B – Question 1–continued

Question 1 (10marks)Discusstheextenttowhichtherearevariationsinthestancesandsupportingresponsesofonereligioustraditionordenominationtosignificantchallengesthatyouhavestudied.Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse.

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

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SECTION B – Question 2–continued

Question 2 (12marks)Selectonereligioustraditionordenominationthatyouhavestudied.UseyourselectedreligioustraditionordenominationwhenrespondingtoallpartsofQuestion2.

Religioustraditionordenomination

a. Inthisreligioustraditionordenomination,whatisbelievedabouttherelationshipbetweenultimaterealityandhumanity?Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse. 4marks

b. Inthisreligioustraditionordenomination,whatisbelievedabouttherelationshipbetweenhumansandtherestofthenaturalworld?Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse. 4marks

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c. Explaintheconnectionbetweenthebeliefsdescribedinpart a.andpart b.Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse. 4marks

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Question 3 (10marks)‘Thebestapproachtodealingwiththeupsanddownsoflifeistokeepone’sreligiousbeliefsunchanged.’

Towhatextentistheapproachreferredtointhestatementaboveusedbyapersonyouhavestudiedintheinteractionbetweentheirreligiousbeliefsandasignificantlifeexperience?Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse.

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SECTION B – Question 4–continued

Question 4 (10marks)Analysehowparticularaspectsofreligionwereinvolvedinyourdetailedstudyofasignificantchallengetoareligioustraditionordenomination.Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse.

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Question 5 (8marks)‘Lifehasnopurposeanddeathhasnomeaning.’

Respondtothestatementabove,referringtothebeliefsofone or morereligioustraditionsordenominationsthatyouhavestudied.Drawonrelevantsourcestosupportyourresponse.

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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.