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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, The Primal Religions, Conclusion, | Chapter X, A Final Examination, The Relations between Religions,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After pleasure seeking, what does Hinduism see as the next major life goal?
(a) Spiritual enlightenment
(b) Travel and culture
(c) Worldly success
(d) Overcoming illness

2. How does the aboriginal see the figures of antiquity?
(a) As special creatures put here by God to fashion the world
(b) As gods who made the world
(c) As primatives who had to learn everything the hard way
(d) As geniuses that fashioned everything so perfectly in the ordinary world

3. How does an Andean view the landscape?
(a) As proof there is no superior being
(b) As just a landscape
(c) As a reflection of a superior reality
(d) As a problem that must be solved

4. What does Huston Smith suggest is a way to look at the different religions?
(a) Like interference on a television signal
(b) Like an explosion in a mattress factory
(c) Like the pieces of broken pottery when you drop a plate
(d) Like a stained glass window where differences come together to form a picture

5. What did Confucius stress about the elderly?
(a) They should be venerated.
(b) They should be forgotten.
(c) They should be isolated.
(d) They should be euthanized.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?

2. How do Jewish people view their traditions?

3. When does karma come into effect?

4. Why do primal religions draw no strict lines between the temporal and the spiritual?

5. What is the idea behind karma yoga as work?

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