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

2. In Taoism, what is the concept of wu wei?
(a) Organizing religious thought
(b) Moving with the times
(c) The study of earth, wind, and fire
(d) Reducing social friction to an absolute minimum

3. What is the tanha?
(a) Loosely translated, it is the fear of death.
(b) Loosely translated, it is human desire.
(c) Loosely translated, it is religious education.
(d) Loosely translated, it is suffering.

4. To the aboriginal, what is the purpose of the ancestors?
(a) To remain aloof from the present
(b) To frighten the children when they misbehave
(c) To return one day to change things
(d) To hold fast the present to tribal roots

5. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?
(a) It is an untranslatable word.
(b) It has multiple meanings.
(c) It can only been reached after death.
(d) To the unenlightened mind, it is vague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Taoists reject?

2. What is the attitude toward the idea that humans are the holder of absolute truth?

3. What did Confucius propose as a better way for society?

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

5. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?

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