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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?

4. Who was the person from whom Christianity originated?

5. What is the objective of philosophical Taoism?

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