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

2. 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 concentrates on reading.
(d) The yogi lies flat of his back.

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

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

5. What are the basic concepts of Islam?
(a) Prophecy, subjugation, and war on infidels
(b) God, Creation, humanity, and the Day of Judgment
(c) Birth, life, death, and judgment
(d) Converting, practice, judgment, and reward

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?

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

4. What did religious Taoism accommodate that other religions in China did not?

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

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