Final Complete Test Bank Chapter 6 Daoism—The Way Of Nature

Chapter Six: Daoism—The Way of Nature

In this test bank for World Religions, Fourth Edition, there is a new system for identifying the difficulty of the questions. Questions are now tagged according to four levels of learning. Think of these four levels as moving from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels are:

REMEMBER: A question involving recall of key terms or factual material.

UNDERSTAND: A question testing comprehension of more complex ideas.

APPLY: A question applying anthropological knowledge to some new situation.

ANALYZE: A question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelationship.

Types of Questions

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. Confucianism and Daoism arose in China during the __________.
   1. Ch’in dynasty
   2. Communist Revolution
   3. Ming dynasty
   4. Warring States Period
   5. Yaun dynasty

(REMEMBER; p. 117)

1. After World War II, a Civil War broke out in China between the Nationalists and __________.
   1. Daoists
   2. Confucians
   3. Communists
   4. Capitalists
   5. Fascists

(REMEMBER; p. 118)

1. The __________ took power in mainland China in 1949.
   1. Nationalists
   2. British
   3. Communists
   4. Japanese
   5. Koreans

(REMEMBER; p. 118)

1. The key word in the traditional East Asian worldview is __________.
   1. harmony
   2. liberation
   3. nirvana
   4. salvation
   5. unity

(REMEMBER; p. 119)

1. The means to realizing the goal of Chinese popular religion include __________.
   1. de (virtue)
   2. repudiation of worship of gods at temples, shrines, and family altars
   3. xiao (or hsiao, filial piety)
   4. both a and b
   5. both a and c

(REMEMBER; p. 119)

1. The reading of cracks on heated bones and tortoise shells was an early form of the Chinese art of __________.
   1. ancestor veneration
   2. archaeology
   3. divination
   4. poetry
   5. taiji (tai-ch’i )

(UNDERSTAND; p. 120)

1. According to legend, the author of the Daodejing was __________.
   1. Buddha
   2. Krishna
   3. Lao Tzi
   4. Mahavira
   5. Zhuangzi

(REMEMBER; p. 124)

1. In Daoism, the collection of texts known as the __________ is second in importance only to the Daodejing.
   1. Analects
   2. Holy Bible
   3. Taiji (tai-chi)
   4. Yingjing (I Ching)
   5. Zhuangzi

(REMEMBER; p. 124)

1. Which of the following themes is associated with the Daoist text known as the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)?
   1. All things are originally unequal.
   2. The Dao can be understood rationally.
   3. The Dao is the same as the words used to describe the Dao.
   4. The Dao is a personal Deity.
   5. Oneness with the Dao can be experienced.

(REMEMBER; p. 124)

1. Alchemy, dietary regimes, breath control, and physical exercises were all techniques used by some Daoists in the quest for __________.
   1. liberation from the cycle of rebirth
   2. enlightenment
   3. immortality
   4. nirvana
   5. oneness

(UNDERSTANDING; p. 125)

1. According to the Daoist worldview, the basic problem humans face is failure to__________.
   1. Escape an unending cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
   2. know who we truly are
   3. make something of ourselves
   4. strive for virtue
   5. submit our wills to God’s will

(UNDERSTAND; p. 127)

1. To practice the Daoist principle of wu wei is to __________.
2. act without asserting oneself
3. balance inner and outer virtues
4. devote oneself to a personal god
5. read the Yijing (I Ching) to determine one’s future
6. respect one’s elders

(UNDERSTAND; p. 128)

1. Daoism suggests that the best course for a government to follow is __________.
2. capitalism
3. centralization
4. noninterference
5. socialism
6. none of the above

(REMEMBER; p.128 )

1. Some of the metaphors for the Dao in the Daodejing include __________.
2. the mother, source, and womb of all reality
3. a personal creator deity
4. a place of captivity
5. the unmoved Mover
6. a tiger

(REMEMBER; p. 129)

Matching Questions

Thinking of the Daoist concept of Yin-Yang, match each characteristic (in the left column) with the correct classification (in the right column).

Ordering Question

Associated with “religious” Daoism is an elaborate array of hierarchically arranged spiritual beings, organized on the bureaucratic model of the Han dynasty. Rank the following realities in the correct order in this hierarchy.

Essay Questions

1. Using the concept of “harmony” as your theme, describe the shared East Asian worldview.
   (ANALYZE)
2. Outline the similarities and differences among the roles of Laozi in Daoism, Siddartha Gautama in Buddhism, Mahavira in Jainism, and Confucius in Confucianism.
   (ANALYZE)
3. Describe and illustrate the yin and yang forces.
   (APPLY)
4. Using the “framework for understanding” religious worldviews developed in Chapter 1, describe the worldview of philosophical Daoism.
   (APPLY)
5. Outline the similarities and differences between philosophical Daoism and devotional/ritual Daoism.
   (ANALYZE)
6. Outline the similarities and differences between the Daoist understanding of “harmony” and the “balance” that is a feature of the indigenous worldview in general (see Chapter Two).
   (ANALYZE)
7. Explain the concepts of de and xaio and discuss their significance of in the overall worldview of Daoism.
   (ANALYZE)
8. Defend or refute the following claim: the Daodejing stands alongside the Bhagavad-Gita as one of the great classics of religious literature.
   (ANALYZE)
9. Explain the following assertion: “The Dao that can be named is not the Dao.”
   (ANALYZE)
10. How do taiji (tai-chi), feng shui, and the Falun Gong illustrate the vitality of Daoism in the twenty-first century?
    (ANALYZE)