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

2. How does Hinduism teach that pain can be endured?
(a) By avoiding situations that have a potential for pain
(b) By focusing on that which distracts the mind from the pain itself
(c) By certain natural pain inhibitors taken orally
(d) By learning to enjoy the sensations of pain

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

4. According to Hinduism who has the spiritual ideas of infinite being, infinite awareness, and infinite bliss?
(a) Only the oldest gurus understand these things.
(b) Only one individual per lifetime has this knowledge.
(c) All humans already posses these things but until a certain point they remain hidden.
(d) Only philosophers can possess that information.

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