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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 Jewish fisherman
(d) Jesus, a high priest of the Jews

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

3. What appears to be a contradiction in Taoist thought?
(a) The three different senses
(b) The idea of teaching the unteachable
(c) The ideas of reality and the supernatural
(d) The earthly versus the esoteric

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?

3. What do the guidelines for right conduct in Buddhism resemble?

4. What is the viewpoint of the Theravada Buddhist?

5. What were Jesus' words designed to cause people to do?

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