QUIZ/EXAM QUESTIONS for CHAPTER 7

1. Hinduism and Buddhism

A) emphasize orthodox belief

B) have a cyclic view of time

C) say that death is followed by resurrection

D) all of these

2. Between 2,000 and 1,500 BCE, tribes from central Asia migrated into what is now Pakistan and Northwest India. They called themselves “Noble Ones,“ or in their Sanskrit language,

A) Parsees

B) Aryans

C) Harrapas

D) Devis

3. An energizing drink mentioned in ancient Indian texts that may have been hallucinogenic is

A) mohenjo-daro

B) rita

C) ghee

D) soma

4. The oldest Hindu texts are hymns to the gods found in the

A) Rig Veda

B) Upanishads C) Kama Sutra

D) the Puranas

5. The Hindu goddess who is patron of learning and the arts is

A) Sarasvati

B) Durga

C) Shakti

D) Indra

6. The Upanishads have a radical new worldview in which the ultimate reality is

A) the gods

B) Brahman

C) Nirvana

D) Tao

7. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna is helped by an avatar of Vishnu named

A) Krishna

B) Shiva

C) Brahma

D) Devi 8. The god who is often represented as “Lord of the Dance” is

A) Vishnu

B) Krishna

C) Shiva

D) Agni

9. The Puranas are

A) law codes

B) stories about the gods

C) philosophical meditations on the Vedas

D) hymns

10. The text that formalizes the traditional four varnas was the

A) Laws of Manu

B) Bhagavad Gita

C) Upanishads

D) Rig Veda

11. In the traditional Four Stages of Life in Hinduism, the last stage is called

A) Saint

B) Renunciant

C) Forest Dweller

D) Martyr 12. Puja is the general term for a Hindu

A) god

B) leader

C) scripture

D) ritual

13. A standard Hindu funeral involves

A) burial in earth

B) cremation

C) mummification

D) burial at sea

14. From Hinduism, Buddhism accepted

A) the caste system

B) belief in rebirth

C) animal sacrifice

D) all of these

15. The questions that led Siddhartha Gautama to start the tradition now called Buddhism were mostly about

A) the gods

B) the soul C) sin

D) suffering

16. Buddha did not accept

A) Brahman as Ultimate Reality

B) the core self atman

C) the supremacy of the Brahmin caste

D) any of these

17. The community of monks and nuns in Buddhism is called

A) arhat

B) sangha

C) dukkha

D) mantra

18. Buddhist virtues DO NOT include

A) faith

B) compassion

C) loving-kindness

D) non-violence

19. The traditional way that Buddhist monks got their meals was

A) by raising crops at the monastery B) by begging from laypeople

C) by eating sacrificial offerings

D) by trading religious wares for food

20. The oldest school of Buddhism is

A) Vajrayana

B) Theravada (Hinayana)

C) Mahayana

D) Chan (Zen)