Chapter 6 Test Questions & Answers Eastern Thought

Chapter 6: Eastern Thought

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 01

1) __________ can claim to be the world’s oldest living religion.

a. Confucianism

b. Hinduism

c. Daoism

d. Buddhism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 02

2) Hinduism had its beginning in northwest __________.

a. Vietnam

b. China

c. Mongolia

d. India

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 03

3) Traditionally, the dominant class in Aryan culture was the __________.

a. atman

b. ahimsa

c. brahmins

d. samsara

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 04

4) The set of sacred compositions known as the Vedas is considered the reference point in __________.

a. Hinduism

b. Daoism

c. Buddhism

d. Confucianism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 05

5) The Vedas consist of __________ collections.

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 06

6) The Hindu Upanishads are __________.

a. hymns, or chants, of praise of invocation to the gods

b. treatises on and how-to instructions for rituals

c. “forest treatises” for those who seek a reclusive religious life

d. philosophical and religious speculations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 07

7) The Hindu samhitas are __________.

a. hymns, or chants, of praise of invocation to the gods

b. treatises on and how-to instructions for rituals

c. “forest treatises” for those who seek a reclusive religious life

d. philosophical and religious speculations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 08

8) The Hindu brahmanas are __________.

a. hymns, or chants, of praise of invocation to the gods

b. treatises on and how-to instructions for rituals

c. “forest treatises” for those who seek a reclusive religious life

d. philosophical and religious speculations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 09

9) The Hindu aranyakas are __________.

a. hymns, or chants, of praise of invocation to the gods

b. treatises on and how-to instructions for rituals

c. “forest treatises” for those who seek a reclusive religious life

d. philosophical and religious speculations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 10

10) The Rig-Veda is the oldest book of the __________.

a. Vedas

b. aranyakas

c. brahmanas

d. Upanishads

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 11

11) In Hinduism, __________ is one’s cycle of repeated deaths and rebirths.

a. samsara

b. atman

c. karma

d. Brahman

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 12

12) In Hinduism, __________ is one’s soul or self.

a. Brahman

b. atman

c. asceticism

d. karma

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 13

13) In Hinduism, __________ is the universal principle that governs characteristics and quality of each rebirth, or future life.

a. Brahman

b. atman

c. asceticism

d. karma

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 14

14) In Hinduism, __________ is the impersonal, all-pervading spirit that is the universe yet transcends all space and time.

a. Brahman

b. samsara

c. asceticism

d. karma

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 15

15) __________ is the denial of physical comfort or pleasures for religious ends.

a. Brahman

b. Atman

c. Asceticism

d. Karma

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 16

16) __________ is the most highly venerated and influential scriptures in Hinduism.

a. Bhagavad-Gita

b. Yajur-Veda

c. Sama-Veda

d. Atharva-Veda

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 17

17) __________ is one of the Hindu philosophies.

a. Upanishads

b. Bhagavad-Gita

c. Nyaya

d. Sama

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 18

18) The Buddha’s system of teaching about the nature of reality and how to live correctly is known as the __________.

a. dharma

b. dukkha

c. Analects

d. annatta

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 19

19) One of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths is “Life is __________.”

a. happiness

b. unhappiness

c. carefree

d. suffering

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 20

20) Buddhism conceives of the self in a manner similar to the Western philosopher __________.

a. Immanuel Kant

b. David Hume

c. John Locke

d. Thomas Aquinas

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 21

21) According to Buddhist teaching, the self is __________.

a. immortal

b. permanent and unchanging

c. a fleeting assemblage of mental process

d. the source of human happiness

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 22

22) In Buddhism, right __________ means, among other things, refraining from lying and slander.

a. mindfulness

b. understanding

c. thought

d. speech

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 23

23) In Daoism, “Dao” is typically translated as the __________.

a. Truth

b. Light

c. End

d. Way

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 24

24) In Daoism, the Dao refers to __________.

a. effortless action

b. living in harmony with nature

c. the first principle of the universe

d. the rejection of worldly pleasures

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 25

25) In early Confucianism, ritual, etiquette, principle, and propriety, and conscientious and right action are called __________.

a. li

b. ren

c. sen

d. mai

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 26

26) __________ is the name of the essential Confucian virtues, including benevolence, sympathy, kindness, generosity, respect for others, and human-heartedness.

a. Li

b. Ren

c. Sen

d. Mai

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 27

27) The __________ is the Confucian text containing the conversations of Confucius and his followers.

a. Euthydemus

b. Dialects

c. Analects

d. Rense

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 28

28) __________ is a state of bliss and well-being attained when one extinguishes the flames of desire and thus halts the repeating cycle of death and rebirth.

a. Dukkha

b. Ahimsa

c. Atman

d. Nirvana

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 29

29) In Confucianism, the ideal world is generated through the practice of __________ and __________.

a. dukkha; ahimsa

b. li; ren

c. right mindfulness; right livelihood

d. right effort; right understanding

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 Question 30

30) In Confucianism, li has several meanings, including __________.

a. principle

b. social virtue

c. social status

d. benevolence

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 31

31) The Dao bears some similarities to what Heraclitus called the logos.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 32

32) In Confucianism, the ideal world is generated through the practice of samsara and dukkha.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 33

33) Daoism advocates the view that the best life is lived in harmony with nature.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 34

34) The Buddha denied the existence of gods and goddesses.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 35

35) The Buddha renounced religious devotion to any deity.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 36

36) A fundamental element of dukkha is permanence.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 37

37) The Buddha taught that women should be barred from spiritual life.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 38

38) Vedanta means “the end of the Vedas,” or “culmination of the vedas.”

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 39

39) Vedanta is one of the Hindu philosophies.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 40

40) The Mahabharata is the longest poem in existence.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 41

41) Bhagavad-Gita translates to Song of the Wind.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 42

42) The smriti material consists mainly of epics, myths and legends, and legal and moral codes.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 43

43) Before the Vedic period, the human-authored smriti scriptures appeared.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 44

44) Karma is the universal principle that governs the characteristics and quality of each rebirth or future life.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 45

45) Asceticism is one’s soul or self in the Hindu tradition.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 46

46) The four books of the Hindu Vedas are the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 47

47) Confucianism and Daoism are essentially the same philosophy.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 48

48) Hinduism has no common creed, founder, or deity.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 49

49) The “untouchables” in India are members of the dalits, or “oppressed ones.”

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 06 Question 50

50) Dharma is the Buddhist concept of moral duty.

a. True

b. False