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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Hinduism, "Thou Before Whom All Words Recoil," | Chapter II, Hinduism, Coming of Age in the Universe, | Chapter II, Hinduism, The World—Welcome and Farewell,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hinduism see life?
(a) As the main source of suffering
(b) On a continuum that moves naturally through all the stages
(c) As a way to stay young
(d) As something to be ignored

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 statues.
(c) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become constellations.
(d) The Gods transcend the anthropomorphic and become total abstractions.

3. What is one way Jnana yoga suggests one can distinguish Self from one's lesser physical being?
(a) To contemplate one's navel
(b) To participate in seances
(c) To think of the physical personal in the third person
(d) To study animals

4. What is the most popular form of yoga and has the most followers?
(a) Bhakti yoga
(b) Back tree yoga
(c) Batik yoga
(d) Braman yoga

5. The two men Huston Smith regards as having the greatest impact on the world as we know it today.
(a) J. P. Morgan and Albert Einstein
(b) Jesus and Confucious
(c) Robert Oppenheimer and Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Napoleon and Joseph Stalin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who profits most from raja yoga?

2. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?

3. What seems to be the appeal bhakti yoga?

4. What kind of people are suited to practice Jnana yoga ?

5. What is the idea behind karma yoga as work?

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