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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 have not achieved mental clarity
(b) Those with a scientific bent
(c) Those of royal lineage
(d) Those who visit ashrams

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

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

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

5. How is al-qur'an divided?
(a) Into 99 chapters of varying lengths
(b) Into 114 chapters or surahs of varying lengths
(c) Into two parts of history and laws
(d) Into six books of equal length

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Buddhism and India?

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

3. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?

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

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

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