View a FREE sample

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. How did the followers of the Buddha categorize his teachings?
(a) As a religion of infinite compassion
(b) As a religion of regulations
(c) As a religion of sacrifice
(d) As a religion of suffering

2. What is the sangha?
(a) A Buddist religious order
(b) A permit to travel
(c) A tree that grows in India
(d) A type of beer

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

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. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?
(a) Because Hinduism has no beginning or ending
(b) Because Hinduism constantly demands more
(c) Because it affirms that there is far more to life than satisfying pleasures.
(d) Because Hinduism fails to give the answers to life's questions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 372 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample