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 are the Hindu stages of life?
(a) Student, marriage, retirement, detachment
(b) Fetus, birth, education, work
(c) Infant, student, career, enjoyment
(d) Birth, separation, retirement, death

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

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

4. When does karma come into effect?
(a) When the spirit is in insect form.
(b) When the spirit resides in a cow.
(c) When the spirit has reincarnated.
(d) When the spirit occupies a human form.

5. How does Hinduism teach that pain can be endured?
(a) By certain natural pain inhibitors taken orally
(b) By avoiding situations that have a potential for pain
(c) By learning to enjoy the sensations of pain
(d) By focusing on that which distracts the mind from the pain itself