This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Judaism, Meaning in History, | Chapter VI, Judaism, Meaning in Morality, | Chapter VI, Judaism, Meaning in Justice,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Buddha think about religious rituals?
(a) He taught they were necessary exercises.
(b) He invented new ones for his day.
(c) He ridiculed rites as mere superstitions.
(d) He thought they had been neglected.

3. What appears to be a contradiction in Taoist thought?
(a) The ideas of reality and the supernatural
(b) The idea of teaching the unteachable
(c) The earthly versus the esoteric
(d) The three different senses

4. What was the conflict of Confucius' teaching and the mood of the times?
(a) Confucius taught frugality at a time of extravagance.
(b) Confucius taught democracy at a time when feudalism was flourishing.
(c) Confucius taught pacifism at a time when wars were increasing.
(d) Confucius taught family tradition in a time when individualism was on the rise.

5. What is the objective of philosophical Taoism?
(a) Figuring out the complexities of living
(b) Quietude that is expressed as pure effectiveness in simplicity
(c) Reasoning things out by questions and answers
(d) Making something useful for all humanity