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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. Who profits most from raja yoga?
(a) Those who visit ashrams
(b) Those with a scientific bent
(c) Those of royal lineage
(d) Those who have not achieved mental clarity
2. In Taoism, what is the concept of wu wei?
(a) The study of earth, wind, and fire
(b) Organizing religious thought
(c) Reducing social friction to an absolute minimum
(d) Moving with the times
3. 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.
4. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?
(a) The yogi lies flat of his back.
(b) The yogi concentrates on reading.
(c) The yogi puts cotton in his ears.
(d) The yogi concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of all others.
5. How do Muslims justify Islam's history of aggressiveness?
(a) That it never happened at all
(b) That is was needed only at the beginning of the religion
(c) That it was no different from other major religions.
(d) That it was misrepresented by European historians
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?
2. What did religious Taoism accommodate that other religions in China did not?
3. How does Hinduism see life?
4. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?
5. Why did Confucius earn the title of First Teacher?
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