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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. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?
(a) He suggests that such questions are frivolous.
(b) Whether you climb a ladder, a rope, or a bamboo pole, you still reach the same goal.
(c) He says each experience will reach a different goal.
(d) He advocates trying out all religions for the best fit.

2. How does the development of Buddhism parallel that of all major world religions?
(a) It saw no period of hierarchical struggle.
(b) It began to wage war with non-believers.
(c) It went into immediate decline after the death of the Buddha.
(d) Hardly a century after the death of the Buddha it began to show signs of schism.

3. What is the central characteristic of the Sikh?
(a) The Sikh seeks unity with God through money.
(b) The Sikh seeks unity with God through hard work.
(c) The Sikh seeks unity with God through love.
(d) The Sikh seeks unity with God through self denial.

4. How did the followers of the Buddha categorize his teachings?
(a) As a religion of infinite compassion
(b) As a religion of sacrifice
(c) As a religion of suffering
(d) As a religion of regulations

5. What was the conflicting idea of Mohism during Confucius' time?
(a) Mohism taught that there was no God.
(b) Mohism taught that no laws are needed.
(c) Mohism taught communal living as the answer.
(d) Mohism taught social order through love alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who profits most from raja yoga?

2. Who is Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakya?

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

4. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?

5. According to Hinduism who has the spiritual ideas of infinite being, infinite awareness, and infinite bliss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the political condition in China as Confucius began his teaching?

2. Explain something about the Atman.

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

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

5. Why is Zen Buddhism so difficult to define in words?

6. What is the symbolism of the rafts in Buddhism?

7. What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism?

8. What is the gist of Philosophical Taoism?

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

10. How does Sri Ramakrishna explain the Hindu tolerance of other religions?

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