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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 do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The stations of life
(b) The divisions of monks
(c) The highest forms of yoga
(d) The levels of education

2. Where was Siddhartha sitting as he gained enlightenment?
(a) On a royal throne.
(b) On the banks of the Ganges.
(c) In a Hindu temple.
(d) Under the bo tree.

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

4. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?
(a) He was never painted or sculpted during his lifetime.
(b) He wanted that designation while he was alive.
(c) He taught that all men are gods.
(d) In his lifetime he adamantly resisted any such idea.

5. Where did the Jews find a greater meaning in life?
(a) Through troubles
(b) Through mysticism
(c) Through revelation
(d) Through philosophy

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense of Taoism has been most successfully exported to the West?

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

3. What was Confucius' idea about art?

4. After pleasure seeking, what does Hinduism see as the next major life goal?

5. How did Confucius reject both the Realists and the Mohists?

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