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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. Who profits most from raja yoga?
(a) Those who have not achieved mental clarity
(b) Those with a scientific bent
(c) Those of royal lineage
(d) Those who visit ashrams

2. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?
(a) He says each experience will reach a different goal.
(b) He suggests that such questions are frivolous.
(c) He advocates trying out all religions for the best fit.
(d) Whether you climb a ladder, a rope, or a bamboo pole, you still reach the same goal.

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

4. What type of yoga approaches religion on the basis of work?
(a) Raja yoga
(b) Atman yoga
(c) Karma yoga
(d) Sannyasin yoga

5. 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 levels of education
(b) The divisions of monks
(c) The stations of life
(d) The highest forms of yoga

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the Western mind often viewed the Path of Renunciation?

2. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?

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

4. What is one way Jnana yoga suggests one can distinguish Self from one's lesser physical being?

5. What was the subject matter of the Buddha's first sermon?

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