This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, Taoism, The Old Master, | Chapter V, Taoism, The Three Meanings of Tao, | Chapter V, Taoism, Three Approaches to Power and the Taoisms That Follow,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was transformed into the diamond scepter of Buddhism?
(a) The thunderbolt of Indra
(b) Mandalas which offer visual icons
(c) The temporal and spiritual authority of the Dalai Lama
(d) Converting sounds into holy formulas

2. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?
(a) The lower the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(b) The sin of monks, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(c) Among the working class, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(d) The higher the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.

3. What is one way Jnana yoga suggests one can distinguish Self from one's lesser physical being?
(a) To think of the physical personal in the third person
(b) To study animals
(c) To contemplate one's navel
(d) To participate in seances

4. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Jesus
(d) Horace Mann

5. How does Confucianism conflict with the yogi idea of finding God?
(a) Confucius believed that it takes two or three people meditating together to find God.
(b) Confucius put the individual squarely in the middle of human contact to perfect a social order.
(c) Confucius said finding God was impossible unless one became a hermit.
(d) Confucius taught that only through self analysis could one ever find God.