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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Historical Jesus, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Christ of Faith, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The End and the Beginning,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the development of Buddhism parallel that of all major world religions?
(a) It began to wage war with non-believers.
(b) It saw no period of hierarchical struggle.
(c) It went into immediate decline after the death of the Buddha.
(d) Hardly a century after the death of the Buddha it began to show signs of schism.

2. What area of the world did Christianity quickly take over?
(a) Most of Asia
(b) The Americas
(c) The Mediterranean
(d) The Middle East

3. What did the Buddha write during his lifetime?
(a) The Sangha
(b) Nothing
(c) The Vidas
(d) The Buddhist Bible

4. What is the follower of wu wei said to be able to do?
(a) Work without working
(b) Dream without dreaming
(c) Think without thinking
(d) Speak without speaking

5. What is the viewpoint of the Theravada Buddhist?
(a) It proposes a collective attempt to reach nirvana.
(b) It insists that the path to enlightenment is up to the individual.
(c) It teaches that only monks can reach enlightenment.
(d) It denies the idea of reincarnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point did Jesus' followers begin to accept him as God in human form?

2. Who was the person from whom Christianity originated?

3. What is the Taoist outlook on good and evil?

4. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?

5. What is it that Taoists reject?

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