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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, Islam, The Standing Miracle, | Chapter VI, Islam, Basic theological Concepts, | Chapter VI, Islam, The Five Pillars,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the irony of Buddhism and India?
(a) Buddhism never flourished in India.
(b) Buddhism replaced the centuries old practice of Hinduism in India.
(c) Buddhism was never understood in India.
(d) Buddhism flourishes all over Asia except in India where Buddhism was born.

2. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?
(a) The sin of monks, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(b) Among the working class, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(c) The higher the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(d) The lower the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.

3. How did the Taoist church devise a way of harnessing higher power for human benefit?
(a) By opening schools for magicians
(b) By assuming the reality of magical intervention
(c) By organizing religious retreats
(d) By perfecting astrology

4. What major change did Islam cause?
(a) Great social and moral change among the Arabic people
(b) Putting women on an equal status as men
(c) Exemplifying the different classes of people
(d) Tollerance for different religions

5. What historical event occurred just as Confucius began teaching?
(a) The birth of Mohammed
(b) The collapse of the Chou Dynasty
(c) The arrival of Marco Polo
(d) The Peloponnesian War

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Chinese concept of ch'i?

2. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?

3. What did religious Taoism accommodate that other religions in China did not?

4. What was the subject matter of the Buddha's first sermon?

5. What is the sangha?

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