This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Confucianism, Rival Answers, | Chapter IV, Confucianism, Confucius' Answer, | Chapter IV, The Content of Deliberate Tradition,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Confucius propose as a better way for society?
(a) Reinstate the Chou Dynasty and go back to the way things were
(b) Forget old traditions and create new ones
(c) Redirect thinking into a conscious reorientation of traditional behaviors
(d) Form political parties to work out differences

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

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

4. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?
(a) The yogi lies flat of his back.
(b) The yogi concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of all others.
(c) The yogi concentrates on reading.
(d) The yogi puts cotton in his ears.

5. Where was Siddhartha sitting as he gained enlightenment?
(a) Under the bo tree.
(b) On a royal throne.
(c) On the banks of the Ganges.
(d) In a Hindu temple.