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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. Who was the person from whom Christianity originated?
(a) Jesus, a Jewish carpenter
(b) Jesus, a Jewish tax collector
(c) Jesus, a high priest of the Jews
(d) Jesus, a Jewish fisherman

2. What were Jesus' words designed to cause people to do?
(a) Show them how to become rich
(b) Overturn Roman rule
(c) See things in a different way
(d) Be able to heal the sick

3. What is it that Taoists reject?
(a) All forms of competition or ambition to stand out
(b) Quietude as a means of simplifying life
(c) Group dynamics of equality
(d) Work without working

4. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?
(a) It has multiple meanings.
(b) It can only been reached after death.
(c) To the unenlightened mind, it is vague.
(d) It is an untranslatable word.

5. What did the Buddha see as the downfall of men?
(a) Ignorance and not sin
(b) His sinful nature
(c) Rebellion against good
(d) Selfishness

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the viewpoint of the Theravada Buddhist?

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

3. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?

4. What is the objective of philosophical Taoism?

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

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