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 did the Taoist church devise a way of harnessing higher power for human benefit?
(a) By assuming the reality of magical intervention
(b) By perfecting astrology
(c) By opening schools for magicians
(d) By organizing religious retreats

2. What happened to Confucius texts?
(a) They were lost and handed down only verbally.
(b) They were destroyed by Kublai Khan.
(c) They became mandatory disciplines for Chinese government officials.
(d) They were kept secret for 1,000 years.

3. What is the Jewish view of the God-man relationship?
(a) God is only as eternal as long as man lives.
(b) Man is subject to temptation but God yearns for his soul.
(c) Man is the creator of God who in turn created the world.
(d) God will not see the evil in man, his creation.

4. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?
(a) Whether you climb a ladder, a rope, or a bamboo pole, you still reach the same goal.
(b) He says each experience will reach a different goal.
(c) He suggests that such questions are frivolous.
(d) He advocates trying out all religions for the best fit.

5. What appears to be a contradiction in Taoist thought?
(a) The three different senses
(b) The earthly versus the esoteric
(c) The ideas of reality and the supernatural
(d) The idea of teaching the unteachable