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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. What is the sangha?
(a) A Buddist religious order
(b) A tree that grows in India
(c) A permit to travel
(d) A type of beer

2. What is the real idea behind the three Taoist senses?
(a) To have something, to make something, and to learn something
(b) To lose something, to find something, and to forget something
(c) To work something out, to expose something, and to define something
(d) To be something, to know something, and to be able to do something

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

4. What does the Tao Te Ching say about Taoism?
(a) It has nothing to do with the universe
(b) Anyone can understand its meaning
(c) Mere words cannot explain it
(d) It is easily explained to a novice

5. What is the greatest threat to the primal religions?
(a) Passing time and literacy
(b) Modern interpretation
(c) No missionary efforts
(d) Disbanding of tribes

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the conflicting idea of Mohism during Confucius' time?

2. How is it said that Jews are more united?

3. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?

4. Why is there no word for "art" in tribal American Indian languages?

5. Why do primal religions defy any form of literature?

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