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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 assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?
(a) He wanted that designation while he was alive.
(b) He was never painted or sculpted during his lifetime.
(c) In his lifetime he adamantly resisted any such idea.
(d) He taught that all men are gods.

2. In Taoism, what is the concept of wu wei?
(a) Moving with the times
(b) Reducing social friction to an absolute minimum
(c) Organizing religious thought
(d) The study of earth, wind, and fire

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

4. How does Islam nail down the actions of humans?
(a) Wrong, right, exceptional, and loving
(b) Advised against, forbidden, and allowed
(c) Forbidden, indifferent, and obligatory
(d) Good, evil, hopeful, and accidental

5. What is the tanha?
(a) Loosely translated, it is human desire.
(b) Loosely translated, it is religious education.
(c) Loosely translated, it is the fear of death.
(d) Loosely translated, it is suffering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hinduism see life?

3. What major change did Islam cause?

4. What was the conflict of Confucius' teaching and the mood of the times?

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

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