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

2. What is the Zen koan?
(a) Problems like the classic "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
(b) Sitting in meditation for long hours
(c) The elaborate tea ceremony with its slow and graceful movements
(d) Private consultation with a master

3. Why does Hinduism stress what the human mind must leave out?
(a) Because human mind is adapted to deal with money.
(b) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the family.
(c) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the universe.
(d) Because human mind is adapted to deal with the finite.

4. What did the Buddha see as the downfall of men?
(a) Rebellion against good
(b) Selfishness
(c) Ignorance and not sin
(d) His sinful nature

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Taoist outlook on good and evil?

2. How did the Taoist church devise a way of harnessing higher power for human benefit?

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

4. What seems to be the appeal bhakti yoga?

5. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how Huston Smith made his arbitrary decisions about what to include in his book.

3. How did the Buddha get his name?

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

5. Describe Religious Taoism and how it accommodated the esoteric.

6. Briefly describe the impact of Confucius on the Chinese.

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

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

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

10. Describe briefly the character of Confucius.

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