1. Indo-European Culture: Discuss in general terms the bardic arts prevalent within a single (preferably ancient) Indo-European culture; explain how those bardic arts fit into that culture and religion. (300-600 words)

1. Provide an appropriate definition, discuss your understanding, and provide an illustrative example for the term "ethical dilemma" (minimum 100 words, excluding the definition)

If any agent is in any moral dilemma, then that agent ought to adopt each of two alternatives but cannot adopt both.(Sinnott-Armstrong)

1. Find and provide an appropriate definition, discuss your understanding, and provide illustrative examples for each of the following seven terms: morals, values, personal bias, professional boundaries, confidentiality, right and wrong (100 words each minimum, not including definitions):

Morals:

1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical.

1. Describe the geographical and temporal distribution of your chosen symbol set. If the symbol set was used cross-culturally, describe how each culture used your chosen symbol set. (min. 200 words)

1. Name and briefly describe one method of divination or seership technique common to three paleo-pagan Indo-European cultures. (minimum 100 words each)

Augury:

Augury is a method of divination that relies on one interpreting signs that one sees with birds. 

Roman:

1) Describe your discipline practice as an ADF Priest. Explain what you have learned from this practice, describe how your connection with the Court of the Sky has grown and changed over the time you have worked with them, and reflect on your journals and omens over the period. (min. 600 words)

1. Describe your discipline practice as an ADF Clergy Student. Explain what you have learned from this practice, describe how your connections with the Earth Mother and the Gate Keeper have grown and changed over the time you have worked with them, and reflect on your journals and omens over the period. (min. 600 words)

1.Discuss what constitutes a good argument, how arguments work and what makes some arguments better than others. (minimum 600 words)

A good argument is oddly enough described in the Monty Python sketch Argument Clinic: “An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.” (Monty Python)  Another way of saying this is that an argument is a collection of statements that contain premises that are used to prove a conclusion (Capaldi 18).

1. Provide both an objective (from a source e.g. dictionary, textbook) and subjective definition (in your own words) for the following terms: "crisis" and "precipitating event." (minimum 50 words each, excluding the objective definitions)

Crisis:

1. Describe the generation of the cosmos, and what is done in ADF ritual to ensure that the cosmos remains in order. (300 words min.)

   In the context of ADF ritual, the generation and creation of the cosmos is done through multiple steps, culminating with the opening of the gates. The main steps as defined by the Core Order of Ritual are: