A- Belief in God shapes the way people live their lives. Belief in God gives people something to hope for, someone to believe in, no matter what their situation in life might be. Monotheistic religions believe in one God, with minor theological differences. Explain the concept of God in all three monotheistic religions. Compare this concept with two different concepts taken from two different religions.
B- Plato believed in the ontological dualism. He recognized the role of the senses in shaping a perception of the world but denied its accuracy. For him the ideas, shaped in the world of ideals, are the absolute truth. To further explain his theory, he adopted the allegory of the cave, where an enlightened philosopher would take the human out of their ignorance and into the "light". Explain the ontological dualism of Plato, the role he has given to the Ideal knowledge, and his of the cave allegory in order to explain his views.
C- Ibn Khaldoun presented the first dedicated science to the study of societies. In this science, called "El Omran", he introduced the concept of Assabyah – a kind of social solidarity. Explain the role of Assabyah in politics and in the evolution of societies, especially when it comes to the transmission of power from one generation to another.
D- Is there a “heroic code” that guides the decisions of the characters in The Iliad? Discuss the values of the Homeric hero, paying particular attention to contrasting characters such as Achilles, Odysseus, Paris, and Hector. Does one character emerge as more heroic than the rest? Does one character emerge as less heroic?
E- Does Achilles ultimately emerge as a sympathetic character? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to explain your answer.
F- Reading literature, and especially epic literature, is like looking through a window at the culture
