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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Judaism, Meaning in History, | Chapter VI, Judaism, Meaning in Morality, | Chapter VI, Judaism, Meaning in Justice,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?
(a) It can only been reached after death.
(b) It is an untranslatable word.
(c) It has multiple meanings.
(d) To the unenlightened mind, it is vague.

2. How do Muslims view the Koran?
(a) As a history of the Prophet
(b) Simply as the words of Allah
(c) As a history of the relationship between God and man
(d) As a book without specific rules

3. What major change did Islam cause?
(a) Tollerance for different religions
(b) Great social and moral change among the Arabic people
(c) Exemplifying the different classes of people
(d) Putting women on an equal status as men

4. What was a major contribution of Muslim scholars?
(a) Archeological discoveries
(b) Keeping learning alive during the Dark Ages
(c) Developing the scientific method
(d) Translating the Bible

5. In Islam, what is the responsibility of the husband of more than one wife?
(a) That he favor the one who bears sons
(b) That the first wife picks out the second
(c) That he keep them in separate houses
(d) That he treat each equally

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be the appeal bhakti yoga?

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

3. How do Jewish concepts appear compared with Hinduism?

4. What Huston Smith says the book is not.

5. How is Western thought different from Hinduism in the matter of imperfection?

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