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

2. What is the idea of the spirit in Hinduism?
(a) It is the exclusive property of the body.
(b) It does not exist apart from the mind.
(c) It dies with the body that houses it.
(d) The spirit is eternal and changes its habitation when it outgrows an old one.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?

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

4. When does karma come into effect?

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

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