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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the idea behind karma yoga as work?
(a) By concentrating on work with a kind of detachment, there is no time for selfishness.
(b) Work keeps you centered on self.
(c) Work becomes habit which frees the mind for enjoyment.
(d) You get what you work for.

5. What kind of people are suited to practice Jnana yoga ?
(a) Those who are too weak to do heavy exercise.
(b) Those who want to increase their circulation.
(c) Those who have a spiritual bent and are highly reflective in their thought.
(d) Those who already know everything there is to know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Zen koan?

2. What is more or less the same in all forms of Buddhism?

3. What is the Chinese concept of ch'i?

4. What is the tanha?

5. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Simply stated, how do the three approaches to Taoism come together?

2. In what way is Buddhism a religion of introspection?

3. Why is there so much emphasis on self-examination in Buddhism?

4. What is the irony of Buddhist practice today?

5. When did Confucius begin his mission of teaching the people?

6. What is the inherent problem with perceiving the natural world according to Hinduism?

7. What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism?

8. What warning is given about the practice of raja yoga?

9. How does Taoism look at the weak and the deformed?

10. Describe the last stage of spiritual awareness in Hinduism called sannyasin.

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