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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. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Jesus
(c) Horace Mann
(d) Socrates

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the followers of the Buddha categorize his teachings?

4. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?

5. How does Islam nail down the actions of humans?

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