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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first signpost of the Path of Renunciation which reads "the community" offer the individual?
(a) It offers more lasting value than the self-centered desires of human nature.
(b) It offers a better way to get what you want.
(c) It offers membership in a larger family.
(d) It offers political opportunity to gain more personal power.

2. What is Confucius' trinity?
(a) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
(b) Servants, Kings, and God
(c) Fire, Wind, and Water
(d) Man, Heaven, and Earth

3. What concept in Judaism changed the way God is perceived?
(a) God as Destroyer
(b) God as Interpreter
(c) God as Informer
(d) God as the Creator

4. What was different between God and the gods of the people all around the Jews?
(a) God showed His face where the others did not
(b) God had prophets where the other gods spoke for themselves
(c) God is righteous where the other gods were not
(d) God has angels where the other gods do not

5. What was the conflict of Confucius' teaching and the mood of the times?
(a) Confucius taught pacifism at a time when wars were increasing.
(b) Confucius taught family tradition in a time when individualism was on the rise.
(c) Confucius taught frugality at a time of extravagance.
(d) Confucius taught democracy at a time when feudalism was flourishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was evident in the bearers of the Good News?

2. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?

3. What is the real idea behind the three Taoist senses?

4. What tenet of Christianity is rejected by both Judaism and Islam?

5. What two things became most important after Rome destroyed the temple in Jerusalem?

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