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

2. What form of Buddhism flourishes in Japan?
(a) Hinayana Buddhism
(b) Zen Buddhism
(c) Mahayana Buddhism
(d) Theravada Buddhism

3. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?
(a) Because Hinduism has no beginning or ending
(b) Because Hinduism fails to give the answers to life's questions.
(c) Because Hinduism constantly demands more
(d) Because it affirms that there is far more to life than satisfying pleasures.

4. What is the Hindu concept of galaxies of finer or courser natures?
(a) These are illusions with which man must deal.
(b) These are paths the spirit travels in quest of God.
(c) These are other life forms in the universe.
(d) These are obstacles to be reasoned out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?

2. What did religious Taoism accommodate that other religions in China did not?

3. What is it that Taoists reject?

4. What did Confucius propose as a better way for society?

5. What do the guidelines for right conduct in Buddhism resemble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Siddhartha react to any effort to elevate him to god stature?

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

4. Explain how Huston Smith compares his book to other survey studies.

5. What is the purpose of Jnana yoga in Hinduism?

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

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

8. How did the Buddha get his name?

9. What is the gist of Philosophical Taoism?

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

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