The World's Religions Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Huston Smith
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 155 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The World's Religions Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Huston Smith
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 155 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What kind of people are suited to practice Jnana yoga ?
(a) Those who have a spiritual bent and are highly reflective in their thought.
(b) Those who are too weak to do heavy exercise.
(c) Those who already know everything there is to know.
(d) Those who want to increase their circulation.

2. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The divisions of monks
(b) The levels of education
(c) The stations of life
(d) The highest forms of yoga

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

4. What is the result of seeking wealth, fame, and power?
(a) Either celebrity or noteriety
(b) A lifetime of hard work
(c) Competition, which is always precarious
(d) More failure than success

5. What seems to be the appeal bhakti yoga?
(a) Its ease and comfort of practice.
(b) Its universality that may be applied to any religion.
(c) Its humanness rather than a more esoteric approach to religion.
(d) Its many different ways to identify oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most popular form of yoga and has the most followers?

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

3. What are the Hindu stages of life?

4. How does Hinduism teach that pain can be endured?

5. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?

(see the answer key)

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