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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, Islam, The Standing Miracle, | Chapter VI, Islam, Basic theological Concepts, | Chapter VI, Islam, The Five Pillars,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Muslims view the Koran?
(a) As a book without specific rules
(b) As a history of the relationship between God and man
(c) As a history of the Prophet
(d) Simply as the words of Allah

2. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?
(a) It started by Siddhartha nailing theses to a temple door.
(b) It started because people could not read.
(c) It was a reaction to the excesses of the Hinduism of the day.
(d) It started as a rebellion against a human head of religion.

3. In the caste system, who receives the greatest punishment for wrong doing?
(a) Among the working class, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(b) The sin of monks, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(c) The lower the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.
(d) The higher the caste, the greater the punishment for a sin or crime.

4. How did the followers of the Buddha categorize his teachings?
(a) As a religion of suffering
(b) As a religion of regulations
(c) As a religion of sacrifice
(d) As a religion of infinite compassion

5. What was the subject matter of the Buddha's first sermon?
(a) The Four Nobel Truths
(b) The Eight-fold Path
(c) The Way to Enlightenment
(d) The Wheel of Fortune

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the tanha?

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

4. How does Hinduism see life?

5. What physical exercise was developed by Taoists?

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