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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. At what point did Jesus' followers begin to accept him as God in human form?
(a) Some time after his death
(b) The first time they heard him speak
(c) When there was a massive earthquake
(d) When he healed a blind man

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?

3. What did the Buddha write during his lifetime?

4. What is the real idea behind the three Taoist senses?

5. Who was the person from whom Christianity originated?

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