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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. How has the Western mind often viewed the Path of Renunciation?
(a) As an example of good ethics
(b) As a life-denying spoilsport
(c) As the best Hinduism has to offer
(d) As the ultimate comparison to Christianity

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

3. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?
(a) He wanted that designation while he was alive.
(b) He taught that all men are gods.
(c) He was never painted or sculpted during his lifetime.
(d) In his lifetime he adamantly resisted any such idea.

4. When did the Christian church become the official religion in Rome?
(a) 313 A. D.
(b) 33 A. D.
(c) 420 A. D.
(d) 1054 A. D.

5. What Jewish writing became a basis for all laws concerning moral restraint?
(a) The History of the Prophets
(b) The Torah
(c) The letters of the minor prophets
(d) The Ten Commandments

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Taoist outlook on good and evil?

2. How did Judaism affect human coexistence?

3. What practice does the Eastern church encourage more so than the Roman church?

4. What historical event occurred just as Confucius began teaching?

5. What comprised the majority of the major prophets' work in Jewish history?

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