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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 sangha?
(a) A Buddist religious order
(b) A type of beer
(c) A permit to travel
(d) A tree that grows in India

2. What was the conflict of Confucius' teaching and the mood of the times?
(a) Confucius taught pacifism at a time when wars were increasing.
(b) Confucius taught family tradition in a time when individualism was on the rise.
(c) Confucius taught frugality at a time of extravagance.
(d) Confucius taught democracy at a time when feudalism was flourishing.

3. How did the followers of the Buddha categorize his teachings?
(a) As a religion of regulations
(b) As a religion of suffering
(c) As a religion of sacrifice
(d) As a religion of infinite compassion

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

5. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?
(a) It started because people could not read.
(b) It started as a rebellion against a human head of religion.
(c) It started by Siddhartha nailing theses to a temple door.
(d) It was a reaction to the excesses of the Hinduism of the day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?

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

4. What is the irony of Buddhism and India?

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

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