This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Hinduism, "Thou Before Whom All Words Recoil," | Chapter II, Hinduism, Coming of Age in the Universe, | Chapter II, Hinduism, The World—Welcome and Farewell,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Hindu say would happen if the divine base of everything is removed?
(a) The natural world would disintegrate into nothing.
(b) Religion would die out.
(c) The stars would shift their constellations.
(d) People would be free to do as they willed.

2. After pleasure seeking, what does Hinduism see as the next major life goal?
(a) Worldly success
(b) Overcoming illness
(c) Spiritual enlightenment
(d) Travel and culture

3. What Huston Smith says the book is not.
(a) A book to give a specific descriptions of world religions
(b) A balanced account of the subjects of the book
(c) A book on comparative religions
(d) A guide to base values of significant religions

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

5. What are the Hindu stages of life?
(a) Student, marriage, retirement, detachment
(b) Birth, separation, retirement, death
(c) Fetus, birth, education, work
(d) Infant, student, career, enjoyment