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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Good News, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Mystical body of Christ, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Mind of the Church,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Huston Smith says the book is not.
(a) A guide to base values of significant religions
(b) A book to give a specific descriptions of world religions
(c) A balanced account of the subjects of the book
(d) A book on comparative religions

2. What is dharma?
(a) An obstacle to reaching nirvana
(b) The means of crossing the river of ignorance
(c) A group of monks
(d) The Buddhist equivalent of karma

3. What area of the world did Christianity quickly take over?
(a) Most of Asia
(b) The Middle East
(c) The Mediterranean
(d) The Americas

4. What is the Taoist outlook on good and evil?
(a) They are not opposites but revolve around each other.
(b) They are representations of heaven and earth.
(c) They have nothing to do with yin/yang.
(d) They are one and the same thing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Islam, what is the responsibility of the husband of more than one wife?

2. What is the Zen koan?

3. What does the Hindu say would happen if the divine base of everything is removed?

4. Under what condition does Hinduism allow for self-gratification of the senses?

5. What passion within the Jewish people did their conquest inspire?

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