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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 Huston Smith says the book is not.
(a) A balanced account of the subjects of the book
(b) A book on comparative religions
(c) A guide to base values of significant religions
(d) A book to give a specific descriptions of world religions

2. What is the Hindu attitude toward other religions?
(a) They are headed for different ends.
(b) They are misguided.
(c) They are alternate paths toward the same goal.
(d) They will one day turn to Hinduism.

3. Why did Confucius earn the title of First Teacher?
(a) Because no one had ever been a teacher before
(b) Because of his prominence in China as a teacher
(c) Because he taught the Emperor
(d) Because he was first a teacher and then a politician

4. Who is credited as the originator of Taoism?
(a) Kublai Khan
(b) Confucius
(c) Lao Tzu
(d) Mao Tse-tung

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Jnana yoga suggests one can distinguish Self from one's lesser physical being?

2. Where was Siddhartha sitting as he gained enlightenment?

3. How do Hindus tend to look at Sikhs?

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

5. What is the central characteristic of the Sikh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly the character of Confucius.

2. Explain something about the Atman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe in one sentence the basic tenet of Hinduism.

10. In two sentences, describe what is known about Lao Tzu.

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