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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Buddhism, The Silent Sage, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Rebel Saint, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Four Noble Truths,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what condition does Hinduism allow for self-gratification of the senses?
(a) So long as it is only for spiritual growth
(b) So long as it does not last long
(c) So long as it does not harm others
(d) So long as it benefits society

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

3. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?
(a) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the family.
(b) Because human mind is adapted to deal with money.
(c) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the finite.
(d) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the universe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Hindu say would happen if the divine base of everything is removed?

2. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?

3. Where was Siddhartha sitting as he gained enlightenment?

4. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?

5. What is the Hindu concept of galaxies of finer or courser natures?

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