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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Confucius' trinity?
(a) Man, Heaven, and Earth
(b) Servants, Kings, and God
(c) Fire, Wind, and Water
(d) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

2. What is more or less the same in all forms of Buddhism?
(a) The rejection of any kind of musical instrument.
(b) The theme of a crossing from the sufferings of life to the wisdom of enlightenment.
(c) The use of elaborate hand gestures to concentrate on prayers.
(d) The idea that enlightenment is impossible to attain.

3. How can the gods of cultures other than the Jewish people be described?
(a) Immoral, indifferent and capricious
(b) Personal, effective, and powerful
(c) Loving, gracious, and kind
(d) Idealstic, ethereal, and silent

4. What is the contribution of the Torah and the Talmud?
(a) Great museum pieces
(b) Preservation of art and literature
(c) Important confirmation of secular histories
(d) Perpetuating Jewish history and language

5. How is the idea of heaven and earth viewed in Confucianism?
(a) Heaven is the place where earthly questions are answered
(b) Heaven is ignored completely
(c) Heaven and Earth in Confucianism are looked upon as a continuum
(d) Heaven is the abode of the ancesters and should be forgotten

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hinduism who has the spiritual ideas of infinite being, infinite awareness, and infinite bliss?

2. What form of Buddhism flourishes in Japan?

3. What is it that Taoists reject?

4. When did the Christian church become the official religion in Rome?

5. How is Western thought different from Hinduism in the matter of imperfection?

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