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. How does the development of Buddhism parallel that of all major world religions?
(a) Hardly a century after the death of the Buddha it began to show signs of schism.
(b) It began to wage war with non-believers.
(c) It saw no period of hierarchical struggle.
(d) It went into immediate decline after the death of the Buddha.

2. What is the Jewish attitude toward history?
(a) It only makes interesting stories and bedtime reading.
(b) It is over and should be forgotten while working toward perfection.
(c) It has nothing to do with how life is lived in the present.
(d) It highly significant revealing the contest of life that delineates methods of handling problems and taking advantage of opportunities.

3. With what were the minor, or writing prophets, concerned?
(a) Keeping an accurate history of the kings
(b) Perserving the power of the priests
(c) Councils for revising Jewish law
(d) Social inequities and moral delinquency

4. What is the ultimate reality of Taoism?
(a) That motherhood is the essence of life
(b) That which flows is permanent
(c) That everything is nothing
(d) That which is above all, behind all, and beneath all

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