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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. What historical event occurred just as Confucius began teaching?
(a) The birth of Mohammed
(b) The arrival of Marco Polo
(c) The Peloponnesian War
(d) The collapse of the Chou Dynasty

2. What sense of Taoism has been most successfully exported to the West?
(a) Religious
(b) Philosophical
(c) Mystical
(d) Emphatic

3. Why did Confucius earn the title of First Teacher?
(a) Because he was first a teacher and then a politician
(b) Because of his prominence in China as a teacher
(c) Because he taught the Emperor
(d) Because no one had ever been a teacher before

4. What is the Chinese concept of ch'i?
(a) Spirituality
(b) Clearing the mind
(c) Vital energy
(d) Herbal tea remedies

5. What is the irony of assigning god-like attributes to the Buddha?
(a) In his lifetime he adamantly resisted any such idea.
(b) He was never painted or sculpted during his lifetime.
(c) He taught that all men are gods.
(d) He wanted that designation while he was alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?

2. How do Muslims justify Islam's history of aggressiveness?

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

4. What major change did Islam cause?

5. How might the rise of Buddhism be compared to the Protestant Reformation?

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