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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Buddhism, The Secret of the Flower, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Diamond Thunderbolt, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Image of Crossing,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?
(a) He thought they had been neglected.
(b) He invented new ones for his day.
(c) He ridiculed rites as mere superstitions.
(d) He taught they were necessary exercises.

2. Eventually, how do Hindu minds conceive of God?
(a) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become animals.
(b) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become constellations.
(c) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become statues.
(d) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become total abstractions.

3. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?
(a) Because it affirms that there is far more to life than satisfying pleasures.
(b) Because Hinduism fails to give the answers to life's questions.
(c) Because Hinduism constantly demands more
(d) Because Hinduism has no beginning or ending

4. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The highest forms of yoga
(b) The divisions of monks
(c) The stations of life
(d) The levels of education

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of Buddhism flourishes in Japan?

2. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?

3. What does the first signpost of the Path of Renunciation which reads "the community" offer the individual?

4. How does Hinduism teach that pain can be endured?

5. How has the Western mind often viewed the Path of Renunciation?

(see the answer key)

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