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 money.
(d) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the universe.

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

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

4. What is the tanha?
(a) Loosely translated, it is human desire.
(b) Loosely translated, it is the fear of death.
(c) Loosely translated, it is religious education.
(d) Loosely translated, it is suffering.

5. What does the first signpost of the Path of Renunciation which reads "the community" offer the individual?
(a) It offers membership in a larger family.
(b) It offers political opportunity to gain more personal power.
(c) It offers more lasting value than the self-centered desires of human nature.
(d) It offers a better way to get what you want.