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

2. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?

3. What is the Hindu concept of galaxies of finer or courser natures?

4. What is it that Taoists reject?

5. What are the Hindu stages of life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism?

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

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

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

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

6. Tell how one word came to epitomize Buddhism.

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

8. Explain dharma and sangha and their relationship to Buddhist monks.

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

10. How did the Buddha get his name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the world's historical religions have undergone schisms. Write an essay in which you point out the divisions that arose in three or four major religions. Then state your opinion as to why this seems to happen to all religions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay expressing your opinion about the importance of religious tolerance. In your essay describe how you see the world changing if everyone accepted total freedom of choice among religions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay expressing your opinion about displaying the Ten Commandments in government offices and courts. Approach the subject from the point of view of religion as well as the point of view of a historical basis for public law. State which interpretation of the Ten Commandments seems the better for you.

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