This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Hinduism, "Thou Before Whom All Words Recoil," | Chapter II, Hinduism, Coming of Age in the Universe, | Chapter II, Hinduism, The World—Welcome and Farewell,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does karma come into effect?
(a) When the spirit occupies a human form.
(b) When the spirit resides in a cow.
(c) When the spirit has reincarnated.
(d) When the spirit is in insect form.

2. 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 membership in a larger family.
(c) It offers a better way to get what you want.
(d) It offers political opportunity to gain more personal power.

3. Eventually, how do Hindu minds conceive of God?
(a) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become animals.
(b) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become constellations.
(c) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become statues.
(d) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become total abstractions.

4. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?
(a) The higher the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(b) Among the working class, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(c) The sin of monks, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(d) The lower the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.

5. What are the Hindu stages of life?
(a) Infant, student, career, enjoyment
(b) Birth, separation, retirement, death
(c) Student, marriage, retirement, detachment
(d) Fetus, birth, education, work