QUIZ/EXAM QUESTIONS for CHAPTER 8

1. Which of the following pairs is not in the relation yin-yang?

A) female-male

B) dark-bright

C) valley-mountain

D) bad-good

2. Compared to Christianity, Chinese religious traditions are more interested in

A) life after death

B) theology

C) social harmony

D) proofs for religious beliefs

3. Unlike other cultures, the Chinese do not have

A) religious texts considered sacred

B) myths about how they came to be in their homeland

C) beliefs linking ethics with politics

D) written moral rules

4. In the year 845 the Chinese Emperor Wu-Tsung began a wave of persecutions against

A) Buddhism

B) Taoism

C) Confucianism

D) folk religion 5. The Chinese term for the orderly system of nature is

A) ahimsa

B) Tao

C) samsara

D) Nirvana

6. Because Chinese traditions view the relationship between humans and the universe holistically, they have traditionally not put as much emphasis as Western culture has on A) obedience to authority

B) economic progress

C) living a long time

D) ancestors

7. In the Shang period (18th-11th centuries BCE), a popular technique for figuring out what the future would bring was interpreting

A) tea leaves

B) dreams

C) oracle bones

D) cloud patterns

8. Karl Jaspers referred to the period 800-200 BCE as the

A) Bronze Age

B) Age of Maji

C) Age of Shamans

D) Axial Age 9. The most influential thinker in Chinese history is

A) Lao Tzu

B) the Buddha

C) Confucius

D) Zhuang Tzu

10. The Taoist virtue of letting things happen on their own rather than by trying to accomplish something is called

A) wu-wei

B) yin-yang

C) feng-shui

D) an-atman

11. Pure Land Buddhism is similar to the Christianity of Luther and Calvin in its teaching that A) God predestined everything

B) human beings are too degenerate to save themselves

C) not everyone will experience life after death

D) moral laws vary from culture to culture

12. Taoism

A) has three creeds required of all followers

B) emphasizes reincarnation and karma

C) includes a tradition of alchemy

D) all of these 13. Which of the following was of most concern to Confucius?

A) good government

B) doctrinal correctness

C) the legitimacy of religious leaders

D) understanding the nature of the gods

14. The purpose of Zen koans is to

A) promote holiness

B) foster compassion

C) make mystical experiences memorable

D) break up reliance on conceptual thought

15. A local god who takes care of a specific place is

A) Tu-Di-Gong

B) Kuan Kung

C) Kung Fu Tzu

D) Shang-di

16. The Five Classics were compiled by

A) Confucius

B) Kublai Khan

C) Mencius

D) Lao Tzu

17. The school of Buddhism in which Amitabha Buddha (Amida Buddha) promises salvation to those who invoke his name is called

A) Zen

B) Hinayana

C) Pure Land

D) Diamond Vehicle

18. Which of the following is NOT a quotation from the Tao Te Ching?

A) Whatever is natural is good. B) The Tao cannot be improved upon. C) Opposition is the source of all growth. D) The Tao brings evil as well as good.

19. At which of these Chinese rituals are replicas of money, cell phones, and computers most likely to be burned?

A) wedding

B) Ch’ing Ming Day (day for remembering ancestors)

C) funeral

D) New Years

20. Which of the following Chinese leaders was most oppressive to religions?

A) Chou Enlai

B) Chiang Kaishek

C) Sun Yatsen

D) Mao Zedong