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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. According to Hinduism, what are the two receptors that control the lives of humans?
(a) Those of suffering and vocation
(b) Those of ignorance and education
(c) Those of spiritual and material matters
(d) Those of pleasure and pain

2. When does karma come into effect?
(a) When the spirit resides in a cow.
(b) When the spirit occupies a human form.
(c) When the spirit has reincarnated.
(d) When the spirit is in insect form.

3. What is more or less the same in all forms of Buddhism?
(a) The rejection of any kind of musical instrument.
(b) The idea that enlightenment is impossible to attain.
(c) The use of elaborate hand gestures to concentrate on prayers.
(d) The theme of a crossing from the sufferings of life to the wisdom of enlightenment.

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) You get what you work for.
(c) Work becomes habit which frees the mind for enjoyment.
(d) Work keeps you centered on self.

5. What is the tanha?
(a) Loosely translated, it is the fear of death.
(b) Loosely translated, it is suffering.
(c) Loosely translated, it is religious education.
(d) Loosely translated, it is human desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of Buddhism flourishes in Japan?

2. How does the yogi eliminate distractions of the mind during raja yoga?

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

4. What is the sangha?

5. How has the Western mind often viewed the Path of Renunciation?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Taoism seem to have fragmented?

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

3. Tell how one word came to epitomize Buddhism.

4. What is the gist of Philosophical Taoism?

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

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

7. Describe briefly the character of Confucius.

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

9. What is the irony of Buddhist practice today?

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

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