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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of seeking wealth, fame, and power?
(a) Competition, which is always precarious
(b) More failure than success
(c) A lifetime of hard work
(d) Either celebrity or noteriety

2. What is the central characteristic of the Sikh?
(a) The Sikh seeks unity with God through self denial.
(b) The Sikh seeks unity with God through money.
(c) The Sikh seeks unity with God through love.
(d) The Sikh seeks unity with God through hard work.

3. What was transformed into the diamond scepter of Buddhism?
(a) Converting sounds into holy formulas
(b) The thunderbolt of Indra
(c) Mandalas which offer visual icons
(d) The temporal and spiritual authority of the Dalai Lama

4. To what other notable teacher has Confucius been compared?
(a) Socrates
(b) Horace Mann
(c) Jesus
(d) Aristotle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?

2. What are the Hindu stages of life?

3. What is the tanha?

4. How does Sri Ramakrishna illustrate the experience all the great world religions?

5. What is the ultimate reality of Taoism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Simply stated, how do the three approaches to Taoism come together?

2. Why is there so much emphasis on self-examination in Buddhism?

3. How does Sri Ramakrishna explain the Hindu tolerance of other religions?

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

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

6. How did Siddhartha react to any effort to elevate him to god stature?

7. Explain something about the Atman.

8. What is the gist of Philosophical Taoism?

9. In what way does Taoism seem to have fragmented?

10. How did the Buddha get his name?

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