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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. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?
(a) The yogi concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of all others.
(b) The yogi puts cotton in his ears.
(c) The yogi lies flat of his back.
(d) The yogi concentrates on reading.

2. Why did Confucius earn the title of First Teacher?
(a) Because of his prominence in China as a teacher
(b) Because he was first a teacher and then a politician
(c) Because no one had ever been a teacher before
(d) Because he taught the Emperor

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

4. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The highest forms of yoga
(b) The levels of education
(c) The stations of life
(d) The divisions of monks

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical exercise was developed by Taoists?

2. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?

3. In Taoism, what is the concept of wu wei?

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

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

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