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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 Middle East
(b) Most of Asia
(c) The Mediterranean
(d) The Americas

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

3. 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

4. How is the length of Jesus' ministry best described?
(a) It was cut short by his resurrection
(b) It was short and then he was crucified.
(c) It lasted four decades before he was crucified.
(d) It lasted thirty years and then he was crucified.

5. What is the real idea behind the three Taoist senses?
(a) To lose something, to find something, and to forget something
(b) To have something, to make something, and to learn something
(c) To work something out, to expose something, and to define something
(d) To be something, to know something, and to be able to do something

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the avowed purpose of Jesus?

2. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?

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

4. What is it that Taoists reject?

5. What is the viewpoint of the Theravada Buddhist?

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