This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, Taoism, The Old Master, | Chapter V, Taoism, The Three Meanings of Tao, | Chapter V, Taoism, Three Approaches to Power and the Taoisms That Follow,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Tao Te Ching say about Taoism?
(a) Mere words cannot explain it
(b) It is easily explained to a novice
(c) It has nothing to do with the universe
(d) Anyone can understand its meaning

2. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?
(a) It started as a rebellion against a human head of religion.
(b) It was a reaction to the excesses of the Hinduism of the day.
(c) It started because people could not read.
(d) It started by Siddhartha nailing theses to a temple door.

3. How do Hindus tend to look at Sikhs?
(a) Hindus tend to look at Sikhs as lost sould.
(b) Hindus tend to look at Sikhs as morally superior.
(c) Hindus tend to look at Sikhs as beggars.
(d) Hindus tend to look at Sikhs as wayward Hindus.

4. The two men Huston Smith regards as having the greatest impact on the world as we know it today.
(a) Napoleon and Joseph Stalin
(b) J. P. Morgan and Albert Einstein
(c) Jesus and Confucious
(d) Robert Oppenheimer and Mahatma Gandhi

5. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The levels of education
(b) The stations of life
(c) The highest forms of yoga
(d) The divisions of monks