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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Confucius earn the title of First Teacher?

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

3. What are the Hindu stages of life?

4. How is the idea of heaven and earth viewed in Confucianism?

5. According to Hinduism, what are the two receptors that control the lives of humans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the usefulness of practicing karma yoga?

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

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

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

10. Explain something about the Atman.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the idea that "if there were no god, man would have invented one." From your study of the world's religions, discuss that idea in light of the different ways a Supreme Being is conceived of in various religions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about religious viewpoints on sin. In your essay be sure to refer to the way the Buddha perceived sin. Also discuss sin as presented to the Israelites in the form of the Ten Commandments.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the religion you found most fascinating during the study of The World's Religions. Include whether the study changed some misconceptions about the religion you might have held previously.

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