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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 was the subject matter of the Buddha's first sermon?
(a) The Four Nobel Truths
(b) The Wheel of Fortune
(c) The Way to Enlightenment
(d) The Eight-fold Path

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

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

4. How do Muslims justify Islam's history of aggressiveness?
(a) That it was no different from other major religions.
(b) That it never happened at all
(c) That it was misrepresented by European historians
(d) That is was needed only at the beginning of the religion

5. 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 he taught the Emperor
(d) Because no one had ever been a teacher before

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?

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

3. What are the Hindu stages of life?

4. What are the basic concepts of Islam?

5. What physical exercise was developed by Taoists?

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