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 are the Hindu stages of life?
(a) Student, marriage, retirement, detachment
(b) Birth, separation, retirement, death
(c) Infant, student, career, enjoyment
(d) Fetus, birth, education, work

2. The two men Huston Smith regards as having the greatest impact on the world as we know it today.
(a) Napoleon and Joseph Stalin
(b) Robert Oppenheimer and Mahatma Gandhi
(c) J. P. Morgan and Albert Einstein
(d) Jesus and Confucious

3. What historical event occurred just as Confucius began teaching?
(a) The collapse of the Chou Dynasty
(b) The Peloponnesian War
(c) The birth of Mohammed
(d) The arrival of Marco Polo

4. 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 taught that only through self analysis could one ever find God.
(c) Confucius said finding God was impossible unless one became a hermit.
(d) Confucius put the individual squarely in the middle of human contact to perfect a social order.

5. What is the Zen koan?
(a) Private consultation with a master
(b) Sitting in meditation for long hours
(c) The elaborate tea ceremony with its slow and graceful movements
(d) Problems like the classic "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"