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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 Chinese concept of ch'i?
(a) Vital energy
(b) Herbal tea remedies
(c) Clearing the mind
(d) Spirituality

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

3. What did religious Taoism accommodate that other religions in China did not?
(a) Fortune telling, soothsaying, shamans, and faith healers
(b) Feng Shui
(c) T'ai ch'i
(d) Religious garments

4. What are the Hindu stages of life?
(a) Birth, separation, retirement, death
(b) Fetus, birth, education, work
(c) Student, marriage, retirement, detachment
(d) Infant, student, career, enjoyment

5. How is al-qur'an divided?
(a) Into two parts of history and laws
(b) Into six books of equal length
(c) Into 99 chapters of varying lengths
(d) Into 114 chapters or surahs of varying lengths

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Taoist church devise a way of harnessing higher power for human benefit?

2. What sense of Taoism has been most successfully exported to the West?

3. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?

4. What historical event occurred just as Confucius began teaching?

5. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?

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