<p>QUIZ/EXAM QUESTIONS for CHAPTER 8</p><p>1. Which of the following pairs is not in the relation yin-yang? </p><p>A) female-male </p><p>B) dark-bright </p><p>C) valley-mountain </p><p>D) bad-good</p><p>2. Compared to Christianity, Chinese religious traditions are more interested in </p><p>A) life after death </p><p>B) theology </p><p>C) social harmony </p><p>D) proofs for religious beliefs</p><p>3. Unlike other cultures, the Chinese do not have </p><p>A) religious texts considered sacred </p><p>B) myths about how they came to be in their homeland </p><p>C) beliefs linking ethics with politics </p><p>D) written moral rules</p><p>4. In the year 845 the Chinese Emperor Wu-Tsung began a wave of persecutions against </p><p>A) Buddhism </p><p>B) Taoism </p><p>C) Confucianism </p><p>D) folk religion 5. The Chinese term for the orderly system of nature is </p><p>A) ahimsa </p><p>B) Tao </p><p>C) samsara </p><p>D) Nirvana</p><p>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 </p><p>B) economic progress </p><p>C) living a long time </p><p>D) ancestors</p><p>7. In the Shang period (18th-11th centuries BCE), a popular technique for figuring out what the future would bring was interpreting </p><p>A) tea leaves </p><p>B) dreams </p><p>C) oracle bones </p><p>D) cloud patterns</p><p>8. Karl Jaspers referred to the period 800-200 BCE as the </p><p>A) Bronze Age </p><p>B) Age of Maji </p><p>C) Age of Shamans </p><p>D) Axial Age 9. The most influential thinker in Chinese history is </p><p>A) Lao Tzu </p><p>B) the Buddha </p><p>C) Confucius </p><p>D) Zhuang Tzu</p><p>10. The Taoist virtue of letting things happen on their own rather than by trying to accomplish something is called </p><p>A) wu-wei </p><p>B) yin-yang </p><p>C) feng-shui </p><p>D) an-atman</p><p>11. Pure Land Buddhism is similar to the Christianity of Luther and Calvin in its teaching that A) God predestined everything </p><p>B) human beings are too degenerate to save themselves </p><p>C) not everyone will experience life after death </p><p>D) moral laws vary from culture to culture </p><p>12. Taoism </p><p>A) has three creeds required of all followers </p><p>B) emphasizes reincarnation and karma </p><p>C) includes a tradition of alchemy </p><p>D) all of these 13. Which of the following was of most concern to Confucius? </p><p>A) good government </p><p>B) doctrinal correctness </p><p>C) the legitimacy of religious leaders </p><p>D) understanding the nature of the gods</p><p>14. The purpose of Zen koans is to </p><p>A) promote holiness </p><p>B) foster compassion </p><p>C) make mystical experiences memorable </p><p>D) break up reliance on conceptual thought </p><p>15. A local god who takes care of a specific place is </p><p>A) Tu-Di-Gong </p><p>B) Kuan Kung </p><p>C) Kung Fu Tzu </p><p>D) Shang-di </p><p>16. The Five Classics were compiled by </p><p>A) Confucius </p><p>B) Kublai Khan </p><p>C) Mencius </p><p>D) Lao Tzu</p><p>17. The school of Buddhism in which Amitabha Buddha (Amida Buddha) promises salvation to those who invoke his name is called </p><p>A) Zen </p><p>B) Hinayana </p><p>C) Pure Land </p><p>D) Diamond Vehicle</p><p>18. Which of the following is NOT a quotation from the Tao Te Ching?</p><p>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.</p><p>19. At which of these Chinese rituals are replicas of money, cell phones, and computers most likely to be burned? </p><p>A) wedding </p><p>B) Ch’ing Ming Day (day for remembering ancestors) </p><p>C) funeral </p><p>D) New Years</p><p>20. Which of the following Chinese leaders was most oppressive to religions? </p><p>A) Chou Enlai </p><p>B) Chiang Kaishek </p><p>C) Sun Yatsen </p><p>D) Mao Zedong </p>