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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Western thought different from Hinduism in the matter of imperfection?
(a) Western thought suggests getting as far away from imperfection as possible; whereas, Hinduism avows a purpose of by-passing imperfection altogether.
(b) Hinduism says there are no imperfections.
(c) Western thought says that imperfection is an illusion; whereas, Hinduism accepts it as reality.
(d) Western thought says there are no imperfections.

2. What type of yoga approaches religion on the basis of work?
(a) Atman yoga
(b) Raja yoga
(c) Karma yoga
(d) Sannyasin yoga

3. How does Confucianism conflict with the yogi idea of finding God?
(a) Confucius put the individual squarely in the middle of human contact to perfect a social order.
(b) Confucius said finding God was impossible unless one became a hermit.
(c) Confucius believed that it takes two or three people meditating together to find God.
(d) Confucius taught that only through self analysis could one ever find God.

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

5. How has the Western mind often viewed the Path of Renunciation?
(a) As an example of good ethics
(b) As the ultimate comparison to Christianity
(c) As a life-denying spoilsport
(d) As the best Hinduism has to offer

6. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?
(a) He invented new ones for his day.
(b) He thought they had been neglected.
(c) He ridiculed rites as mere superstitions.
(d) He taught they were necessary exercises.

7. What was transformed into the diamond scepter of Buddhism?
(a) The temporal and spiritual authority of the Dalai Lama
(b) Converting sounds into holy formulas
(c) Mandalas which offer visual icons
(d) The thunderbolt of Indra

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

9. What position did the Realists hold about society that needed harsh laws?
(a) Realists taught that people can only identify themselves through laws.
(b) Realists believed that people were basically bad, greedy, nasty, and brutish.
(c) Realists taught that people are basically good so harsh laws keep them that way.
(d) Realists taught that good people have no self discipline.

10. What physical exercise was developed by Taoists?
(a) The kung-fu
(b) The t'ai ch'i chuan
(c) The raja yoga
(d) The chin-up

11. How was the "Old boy" of Taoism often seen?
(a) Riding off on a white horse
(b) Riding off on a water buffalo
(c) Riding off on a donkey
(d) Riding off on an ostrich

12. According to Hinduism, what are the two receptors that control the lives of humans?
(a) Those of pleasure and pain
(b) Those of ignorance and education
(c) Those of spiritual and material matters
(d) Those of suffering and vocation

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

14. What is the most popular form of yoga and has the most followers?
(a) Batik yoga
(b) Braman yoga
(c) Back tree yoga
(d) Bhakti yoga

15. What did Confucius propose as a better way for society?
(a) Redirect thinking into a conscious reorientation of traditional behaviors
(b) Reinstate the Chou Dynasty and go back to the way things were
(c) Form political parties to work out differences
(d) Forget old traditions and create new ones

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Tao senses?

2. What is the ultimate reality of Taoism?

3. What is the objective of philosophical Taoism?

4. Who is credited as the originator of Taoism?

5. What is the real idea behind the three Taoist senses?

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