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. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?
(a) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the finite.
(b) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the family.
(c) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the universe.
(d) Because human mind is adapted to deal with money.

2. According to Hinduism who has the spiritual ideas of infinite being, infinite awareness, and infinite bliss?
(a) Only one individual per lifetime has this knowledge.
(b) Only the oldest gurus understand these things.
(c) Only philosophers can possess that information.
(d) All humans already posses these things but until a certain point they remain hidden.

3. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?
(a) It started by Siddhartha nailing theses to a temple door.
(b) It started as a rebellion against a human head of religion.
(c) It started because people could not read.
(d) It was a reaction to the excesses of the Hinduism of the day.

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

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