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

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

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

4. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?
(a) To heal humanity
(b) To lead the Jews into world power
(c) To fight crime and slavery
(d) To destroy other relitions

5. What is the objective of philosophical Taoism?
(a) Figuring out the complexities of living
(b) Reasoning things out by questions and answers
(c) Making something useful for all humanity
(d) Quietude that is expressed as pure effectiveness in simplicity

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to be a contradiction in Taoist thought?

2. What is the follower of wu wei said to be able to do?

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

4. Who was the person from whom Christianity originated?

5. What is it that Taoists reject?

(see the answer key)

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