Question 1:

The image of the Dao most used in Daoism is moving ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 water (correct)

Question 2:

Shang Di, the deified ancestor of the Shang Dynasty supported the Zhou (Chou) rebellion against the
Shang.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

Chinese deities associated with the sun and Spring are the ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Shen (correct)

Question 4:

The Dao De Jing teaches about the harmony of opposites.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 5:

Shang Di is interested in rituals and prayers rather than in righteous rulers.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 6:
In the Ijing (Yijing) or I Ching, we find _____ hexagrams.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 64 (correct)

 84

 a myriad of

 128

Question 7:

The abode of the Great Spirits and the Impersonal force and cosmic moral principle is Tian or T’ien.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:

Nature is the balance and give and flow between Yin and Yang, i.e., between good and evil.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 1:

Chinese divination made use of (more than one)

Type: Multiple Select

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 coins (correct)

 plant stalks (correct)

 tortoise shells (correct)

 birds

Question 2:

The basic unity behind the universe is the ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Dao (correct)

Question 3:

However you describe the Dao, that is not it.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:
According to Daoism we should banish wisdom and discard

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 religion

 politics

 knowledge (correct)

 Two of these answers are correct.

Question 5:

According to Daoism , your greatest possession is your ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 life (correct)
Question 6:
The things that get in the way of living life according to the Dao is

Type: Multiple Select

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 wealth (correct)

 power (correct)

 education

 family (correct)

Question 7:

Afterlife is an important part of Philosophical Daoism.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 8:

In Chinese religion, the impersonal moral force is Shang Di

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 1:
For those Chinese who do not honor their deceased parents, they will

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 be buried aloe with no spouse or spouses.

 become homeless ghosts when they die (correct)

 never attaining immortality

 never reach the age of 60

Question 2:

Shang Di, the deified ancestor of the Shang Dynasty supported the Zhou (Chou) rebellion against the
Shang.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

One manner of achieving immortality according to some Religious Daoists was to eat gold.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:
Daoism teaches that there is a reward and punishment in this life by the Dao in this life.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 5:

Ying and Yang are always separate from each other.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 6:

The abode of the Great Spirits and the Impersonal force and cosmic moral principle is Tian or T’ien.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 7:

Accidents, disease and earthquakes are attribvuted to spirits known as the Kuei.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:

The actual name of Li-po-yang is the actual name of ___-_____ (the name has two parts)

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Lao Tzu (correct)

Question 1:

Accidents, disease and earthquakes are attribvuted to spirits known as the Kuei.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 2:

Chinese deities associated with the sun and Spring are the ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 Shen (correct)

Question 3:

Shang Di is interested in rituals and prayers rather than in righteous rulers.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 4:

The Dao De Jing teaches about the harmony of opposites.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 5:

However you describe the Dao, that is not it.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 6:
The Dao believes that all rulers should be just.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 7:

The Dao is an impersonal vague force behind the universe.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:

According to Daoism the only time you should go to war is for righting wrongs and overthrowing
tyrants.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 1:

For those Chinese who do not honor their deceased parents, they will
Type: Multiple Choice
Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 become homeless ghosts when they die

Correct Answer(s):

 be buried aloe with no spouse or spouses.

 become homeless ghosts when they die (correct)

 never attaining immortality

 never reach the age of 60

Question 2:

Which os these is true about how Daoists should live their lives.

Type: Multiple Select

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 with a love of education

Rationale: Remember education gets in the way of living a simple life according to the Dao.
 simply
 according to the Dao
 spontaneously
Rationale: Remember wuwei (wu-wei)

Correct Answer(s):

 simply (correct)

 anonymously (correct)

 with ambitions

 spontaneously

 according to the Dao (correct)

 with a love of education

Question 3:

The first god of Religious Doaism was Tsao Shen (Taso Chon), the god of the stove.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:

The image of the Dao most used in Daoism is moving ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 water

Correct Answer(s):

 water (correct)

Question 5:

Shang Di is interested in rituals and prayers rather than in righteous rulers.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 6:

Accidents, disease and earthquakes are attribvuted to spirits known as the Kuei.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 7:

Shang Di, the deified ancestor of the Shang Dynasty supported the Zhou (Chou) rebellion against the
Shang.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:

Before the Common Era, wealthy Chinese men would be buried with their wives.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 1:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Qi and Li (correct)

: Zhu Xi

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Human nature is evil (correct)

: Xunzi

 Jainai (correct)

: Mo Tzu

Question 2:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

Confucius was born into a wealthy family.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 4:

For most of his life Confucius was a failure.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 5:

Around 145 B.C.E, we have the first Confucianist

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 school

 Chinese emperor

 temple (correct)

 political advisers and teachers

Question 6:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 7:

The goals of Confucianism and NeoConfucianism are the same.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 8:

According to Han Feizi, people only respect power and fear.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

uestion 1:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 2:

The Fajia taught that the best form of government is one that is ethical and moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 3:

Around 145 B.C.E, we have the first Confucianist

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 school

 Chinese emperor

 temple (correct)

 political advisers and teachers

Question 4:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 5:

According to Zhuxi and NeoConfucianism, Qi is the ital or physical force, while Li is the law or rational
principle.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 6:

"Law" or "rational principle" is ________ according to Zhu Xi and Neo-Confucianism

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Li (correct)

Question 7:

The NeoConfucianists taught that people are fundamentally good because within each of us is li.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:
Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Reciprocity (correct)

: Shu

 Love (correct)

: Jainai

 Human Heartedness (correct)

: Jen

 Legalists (correct)

: Fajia

 Jainai (correct)

: Mohists

Question 1:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 2:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 3:

Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 4:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 Qi and Li (correct)

: Zhu Xi

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Human nature is evil (correct)

: Xunzi

 Jainai (correct)

: Mo Tzu

Question 5:

Contrary to the Daosts, the NeoConfucianists taught that the gods created the world.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 6:

The concept of reciprocry in Confucius' teachings is called _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 shu (correct)
Question 7:

According to the Realists, people are only interested in an effective goverhment, and could care less if
it is ethical or moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Reciprocity (correct)

: Shu

 Love (correct)

: Jainai

 Human Heartedness (correct)

: Jen
 Legalists (correct)

: Fajia

 Jainai (correct)

: Mohists

Question 1:

Junzi is the goal of the Neo-Confucianists.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 2:

Unlike Daoism, Confucius is the founder of the religion that bears his name.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 3:

According to NeoConfucianism, _______ is understood as the "Vital Force" or "energy"

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 li

 Jen

 qi (correct)

 shu

Question 4:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 5:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 6:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 7:

Xunzi taught that people are naturally good.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 8:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 1:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 2:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

According to Zhuxi and NeoConfucianism, Qi is the ital or physical force, while Li is the law or rational
principle.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:

Match the following:

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Gentility and humility:Husband and wife
 Benevolence and loyalty:Elder brother to younger brother
 Kindness and filial piety:Ruler and subject
 Righteousness and obedience:Father to Son
 Consideration and deference:Older friend to younger friend.

Correct Answer(s):

 Kindness and filial piety (correct)

: Father to Son

 Gentility and humility (correct)

: Elder brother to younger brother

 Righteousness and obedience (correct)

: Husband and wife

 Consideration and deference (correct)

: Older friend to younger friend.

 Benevolence and loyalty (correct)

: Ruler and subject

Question 5:

The concept of ceremonies and propriety is called Li in the teachings of Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 6:

According to the Realists, people are only interested in an effective goverhment, and could care less if
it is ethical or moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 7:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 8:

Like Daoism, harmony was an important theme in the teachings of Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 2:

When it comes to the Dao

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 Confucius spoke of the Dao of society, i.e., the balance and harmony that should be in society

Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius never spoke of the Dao

 Confucius agrees with the Daoists as to the nature of the Dao.

 Confucius spoke of the Dao of society, i.e., the balance and harmony that should be in society
(correct)

 Confucius spoke of the Dao as the Mandate from the Gods.

Question 8:

Because Confucianism does not refer to the heavenly and earthly worlds, it should not be classified as
a religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 1:
Today in modern China, Daoism is known primarily for its philosophical teachings rather than the practices of
Religious Daoism.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
 Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)

Question 2:
Which of the following is a similarity between Confucianism and Daoism?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Both religions always make use of images in their temples.
Correct Answer(s):

 Both religions speak about the Dao. (correct)

 Both religions always make use of images in their temples.
 Both religions have gods in the way Abrahamic religions do
 Both religions emphasize life-cycle rituals.

Question 3:
In earliest times _________ was a personal god, probably the highest deity among many, but in the Zhou
dynasty it became an impersonal force guided by its own principle of what is right.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 qi
Correct Answer(s):

 qi
 de
 Dao
 Tian (correct)

Question 4:
The ideal society according to Daoism is a ________ ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 united society
Correct Answer(s):

 small village (correct)

Question 5:
Identify a true statement about the ancient Chinese traditions.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 The traditional Chinese funeral has great religious and cultural significance.
Correct Answer(s):

 Life-cycle rituals are more important in China than in other cultures.

 In China, marriage is more a religious arrangement than a social one.
 The traditional Chinese funeral has great religious and cultural significance. (correct)
 Cremation is common in all Chinese religions and cultures.

Question 6:
The Dao is an impersonal, vague force behind the universe.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 7:
In Daoist teaching, _________ is best understood as going along with nature.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 wu wei
Correct Answer(s):

 wu wei (correct)
 xiao
 ren
 junzi

Question 8:
In a traditional Chinese funeral, which of the following is done after the burial?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 The clothes worn by the mourners are preserved.
Correct Answer(s):

 The rituals immediately discontinue after the funeral.

 The clothes worn by the mourners are preserved.
 The family's mourning period stops after thirty days.
 The deceased are offered special prayers at home. (correct)

Question 9:
According to Daoism we should banish wisdom and discard ____________.
 Type: Fill In The Blank
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 ignorance
Correct Answer(s):

 knowledge (correct)

Question 10:
One manner of achieving immortality according to Religious Daoism is to eat ________ and drink ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 gold mercury (correct)

Current Score: 3 out of a possible 30 ( 10.0%)

Question 11:
According to Daoism you should govern a great nation as you would ___ ___ ___ _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 cook a small fish (correct)

Question 12:
The image of the Dao most used in Daoism is ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 water (correct)

Question 13:
Before the Common Era wealthy Chinese men would be buried with their ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 wives (correct)
 Question 14:
Accidents, disease and earthquakes are attributed to the spirits called ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 kuei (correct)

Question 15:
Which of the following is true of Daoist temples?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Reading of scripture texts is prohibited inside these temples.
Correct Answer(s):

 They have simple decorations on the exterior and in the interior.

 There could not be transplanted in North America as Confucian temples could.
 Statues of gods are honored in Daoist temples. (correct)
 Reading of scripture texts is prohibited inside these temples.

Question 16:
_________ is closely associated with Daoists' view of life.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Xiao
Correct Answer(s):

 Wu wei (correct)
 Xiao
 Ren
 Junzi

Question 17:
Daoists believe that the Dao unties the knots of life, blunts the sharp edges of relationships and problems, and
soothes painful occurrences.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE
 Question 18:
_____ is the impersonal cosmic force working for the continuation and enrichment of life.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 Heaven
Correct Answer(s):

 De
 Mazu
 Heaven (correct)
 Taiji

Question 19:
The defied ancestor who supported the Zhou rebellion against the Shang Dynasty was ____ ____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Shang Di (correct)

Question 20:
Which of the following statements is true of the traditional Chinese funeral?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 In-ground burial of the whole body is rare.
Correct Answer(s):

 In-ground burial of the whole body is rare.

 Male heads of the family do not receive funerals.
 Funerals always take place in temples.
 Infants or children receive very simple funerals. (correct)

Question 21:
Which of the following statements is true of the Daode Jing?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 It is spelled in Pinyin system as "Tao Te Ching."
Correct Answer(s):

 It is said to be written by Mengzi, a wandering advisor to rulers.

 It suggests that troubles of existence are solved by human distinctions such as good and evil.
 It challenges a reader to figure out the meaning of the text. (correct)
 It is spelled in Pinyin system as "Tao Te Ching."
 Question 22:
For _________, all spirits are immortal in some sense—they survive the death of the body and go into the next
world.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Confucianists
Correct Answer(s):

 Ruists
 Westerners
 Daoists (correct)
 Confucianists

Question 23:
According to Daoist views, a spirit-person has a lot of primordial qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)

Question 24:
The abode of the Great Spirits and the Impersonal force and cosmic moral principle is Tian or T’ien.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 25:
The syncretistic nature of Chinese religion and culture is illustrated in the story of ____ ________ _____ ______
______ _______.(six words?)

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 the Emperor and the Buddhist scholar (correct)

 Question 26:
The One is the essence of _____, the energy of life.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 qi
Correct Answer(s):

 the Dao (correct)

 de
 qi
 the Jade Emperor

Question 27:
Daoism for the Many is what scholars call ____________________ Daoism.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Religious (correct)

Question 28:
Afterlife is an important part of Philosophical Daoism.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)

Question 29:
Shang Di is interested in rituals and prayers rather than in righteous rulers.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)

Question 30:
Positioning objects to maximize the good effects of the flow of energy is known as feng shui, a phrase that
literally means _____.
 Type: Multiple Choice
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 spirit-person
Correct Answer(s):

 spirit-person
 the eternal Dao
 wind-water (correct)
 the cosmic way

Question 1:

According to Zhuxi and the NeoConfucianists, the impersonal Absolute of the universe is

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 the Dao

Correct Answer(s):

 the Dao

 Li

 Qi

 Taiji (correct)

Question 2:

Around 145 B.C.E, we have the first Confucianist

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 temple

Correct Answer(s):

 school

 Chinese emperor
 temple (correct)

 political advisers and teachers

Question 3:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

 FALSE

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

Question 4:

For most of his life Confucius was a failure.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 5:

Junzi is the goal of the Neo-Confucianists.

Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

Question 6:

The NeoConfucianists taught that people are fundamentally good because within each of us is li.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 7:

The teacher who clearly taught that human nature is basically good was

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Han Fezi (Han Fe Tzu)

Correct Answer(s):
 Confucius

Rationale: he was more vague on this point.

 Menzi (Meng Tzu; Mencius) (correct)

Rationale: He taught that "the tendency of human nature to do good is like tht of water to flow
downward."

 Xunzi (Hsun-Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are morally lazy.

 Han Fezi (Han Fe Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are weak, selfish and materialistic and that we are motivated to act
out of fear or self interest.

Question 8:

According to Zhuxi and NeoConfucianism, Qi is the ital or physical force, while Li is the law or rational
principle.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

 FALSE

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

Question 9:

According to the Mohists, the focus of government should be to ease the people's pain.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

 FALSE

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

Question 10:

The Fajia taught that the best form of government is one that is ethical and moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

 FALSE (correct)
 Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

Question 11:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

Question 12:

Xunzi taught that people are naturally good.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 13:
Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

Question 14:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 15:

The goals of Confucianism and NeoConfucianism are the same.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

Question 16:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:
 The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

Question 17:

Contrary to the Daosts, the NeoConfucianists taught that the gods created the world.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

Question 18:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 19:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Legalists:Jainai
 Human Heartedness:Li
 Jainai:Shu
 Love:Fajia
 Reciprocity:Mohists
 Propriety:Jen

Correct Answer(s):

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Reciprocity (correct)

: Shu

 Love (correct)

: Jainai

 Human Heartedness (correct)

: Jen

 Legalists (correct)

: Fajia

 Jainai (correct)
 : Mohists

Question 20:

Confucius was born into a wealthy family.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

He was born into an old aristocratic family, but one that had become poor.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

He was born into an old aristocratic family, but one that had become poor.

Question 1:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Qi and Li:Mo Tzu

 Human nature is evil:Zhu Xi
 Jainai:Li
 Propriety:Xunzi

Correct Answer(s):

 Qi and Li (correct)

: Zhu Xi
 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Human nature is evil (correct)

: Xunzi

 Jainai (correct)

: Mo Tzu

Question 2:

Junzi is the goal of the Neo-Confucianists.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

Question 3:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

Question 4:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

Question 5:

The goals of Confucianism and NeoConfucianism are the same.

Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

Question 6:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

 FALSE

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

Question 7:
Unlike Daoism, Confucius is the founder of the religion that bears his name.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

Question 8:

According to the Realists, people are only interested in an effective goverhment, and could care less if
it is ethical or moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

 FALSE

Rationale:
 According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

Question 9:

Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

Question 10:

Around 145 B.C.E, we have the first Confucianist

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 school

 Chinese emperor

 temple (correct)

 political advisers and teachers

Question 11:

The teacher who clearly taught that human nature is basically good was

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius

Rationale: he was more vague on this point.

 Menzi (Meng Tzu; Mencius) (correct)

Rationale: He taught that "the tendency of human nature to do good is like tht of water to flow
downward."

 Xunzi (Hsun-Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are morally lazy.

 Han Fezi (Han Fe Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are weak, selfish and materialistic and that we are motivated to act
out of fear or self interest.

Question 12:

For most of his life Confucius was a failure.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 13:
Xunzi taught that people are naturally good.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 14:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 15:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:
 Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

Question 16:

"Law" or "rational principle" is ________ according to Zhu Xi and Neo-Confucianism

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Li (correct)

Question 17:

The concept of reciprocry in Confucius' teachings is called _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 shu (correct)

Question 18:

Match the following:

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 Kindness and filial piety (correct)

: Father to Son

 Gentility and humility (correct)

: Elder brother to younger brother

 Righteousness and obedience (correct)

: Husband and wife

 Consideration and deference (correct)

: Older friend to younger friend.

 Benevolence and loyalty (correct)

: Ruler and subject

Question 19:

Zhuzi identified Mengzi (Mencius) as the ture successor to Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 20:

According to the Mohists, the focus of government should be to ease the people's pain.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

 FALSE

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

Question 1:

"Law" or "rational principle" is ________ according to Zhu Xi and Neo-Confucianism

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Li (correct)

Question 2:

Li, according to the NeoConfucianists was created by Taiji and Qi

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:

The Fajia taught that the best form of government is one that is ethical and moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

Question 5:

The goals of Confucianism and NeoConfucianism are the same.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confrucianism is to create the best society and form of government, whereas for
NeoConfucianism the goal is to experience the Oneness of life and the world through Taiji.

Question 6:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Reciprocity (correct)

: Shu

 Love (correct)

: Jainai

 Human Heartedness (correct)

: Jen
 Legalists (correct)

: Fajia

 Jainai (correct)

: Mohists

Question 7:

When it comes to the Dao

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius never spoke of the Dao

 Confucius agrees with the Daoists as to the nature of the Dao.

 Confucius spoke of the Dao of society, i.e., the balance and harmony that should be in society
(correct)

 Confucius spoke of the Dao as the Mandate from the Gods.

Rationale: For Confucius, there is no Mandate from the Gods.

Question 8:

According to the Realists, people are only interested in an effective goverhment, and could care less if
it is ethical or moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:
 According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

 FALSE

Rationale:

According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

Question 9:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 10:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.
 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

Question 11:

According to Han Feizi, people only respect power and fear.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 12:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

 FALSE

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

Question 13:
Junzi is the goal of the Neo-Confucianists.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

Question 14:

Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.
Question 15:

The concept of reciprocry in Confucius' teachings is called _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 shu (correct)

Question 16:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Qi and Li (correct)

: Zhu Xi

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Human nature is evil (correct)

: Xunzi

 Jainai (correct)

: Mo Tzu

Question 17:

Zhuzi identified Mengzi (Mencius) as the ture successor to Confucius.

Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 18:

The teacher who clearly taught that human nature is basically good was

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius

Rationale: he was more vague on this point.

 Menzi (Meng Tzu; Mencius) (correct)

Rationale: He taught that "the tendency of human nature to do good is like tht of water to flow
downward."

 Xunzi (Hsun-Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are morally lazy.

 Han Fezi (Han Fe Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are weak, selfish and materialistic and that we are motivated to act
out of fear or self interest.

Question 19:

Contrary to the Daosts, the NeoConfucianists taught that the gods created the world.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

Question 20:

Because Confucianism does not refer to the heavenly and earthly worlds, it should not be classified as
a religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucisum is best understood as a nontheistic religion since the gods have no part in the goals of
Confucianism.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:
 Confucisum is best understood as a nontheistic religion since the gods have no part in the goals of
Confucianism.

Question 1:

For most of his life Confucius was a failure.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 2:

The NeoConfucianists taught that people are fundamentally good because within each of us is li.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 3:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:
 Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

Question 4:

The teacher who clearly taught that human nature is basically good was

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius

Rationale: he was more vague on this point.

 Menzi (Meng Tzu; Mencius) (correct)

Rationale: He taught that "the tendency of human nature to do good is like tht of water to flow
downward."

 Xunzi (Hsun-Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are morally lazy.

 Han Fezi (Han Fe Tzu)

Rationale: He taught that people are weak, selfish and materialistic and that we are motivated to act
out of fear or self interest.

Question 5:

According to Han Feizi, people only respect power and fear.

Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 6:

According to the Mohists, the focus of government should be to ease the people's pain.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

 FALSE

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

Question 7:

Match the following:

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Kindness and filial piety (correct)

 : Father to Son

 Gentility and humility (correct)

: Elder brother to younger brother

 Righteousness and obedience (correct)

: Husband and wife

 Consideration and deference (correct)

: Older friend to younger friend.

 Benevolence and loyalty (correct)

: Ruler and subject

Question 8:

The concept of ceremonies and propriety is called Li in the teachings of Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 9:

The Fajia taught that the best form of government is one that is ethical and moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

Question 10:

According to Zhuxi and the NeoConfucianists, the impersonal Absolute of the universe is

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 the Dao

 Li

 Qi

 Taiji (correct)

Question 11:

Unlike Daoism, Confucius is the founder of the religion that bears his name.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

Question 12:

When it comes to the Dao

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius never spoke of the Dao

 Confucius agrees with the Daoists as to the nature of the Dao.

 Confucius spoke of the Dao of society, i.e., the balance and harmony that should be in society
(correct)

 Confucius spoke of the Dao as the Mandate from the Gods.

Rationale: For Confucius, there is no Mandate from the Gods.

Question 13:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty
 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 14:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 15:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Propriety (correct)

: Li

 Reciprocity (correct)

: Shu

 Love (correct)

: Jainai

 Human Heartedness (correct)

 : Jen

 Legalists (correct)

: Fajia

 Jainai (correct)

: Mohists

Question 16:

According to Zhuxi and NeoConfucianism, Qi is the ital or physical force, while Li is the law or rational
principle.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

 FALSE

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

Question 17:

Junzi is the goal of the Neo-Confucianists.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of NeoConfucainists is experiencing the Oneness of Taiji in life and the world.

Question 18:

Confucius was born into a wealthy family.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

He was born into an old aristocratic family, but one that had become poor.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

He was born into an old aristocratic family, but one that had become poor.

Question 19:

Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Confucius recommended that the people should honor and worship the gods as if they did exist
because religious rituals stabilize socities.

Question 20:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

Question 1:

According to Zhuxi and the NeoConfucianists, the impersonal Absolute of the universe is

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 the Dao

 Li

 Qi

 Taiji (correct)

Question 2:

Xunzi taught that human nature was strongly moral

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Some scholars believe that he taught that human nature was basically evil, but, in reality, he taught
that humans are morally lazy.

Question 3:

Confucianism eventually included temples and rituals.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 4:

Contrary to the Daosts, the NeoConfucianists taught that the gods created the world.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The world came into existenced by the combination of Qi and Li, and that was done by Taiji, the
great ultimate.

Question 5:

When it comes to the Dao

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucius never spoke of the Dao

 Confucius agrees with the Daoists as to the nature of the Dao.

 Confucius spoke of the Dao of society, i.e., the balance and harmony that should be in society
(correct)
 Confucius spoke of the Dao as the Mandate from the Gods.

Rationale: For Confucius, there is no Mandate from the Gods.

Question 6:

Unlike Daoism, Confucius is the founder of the religion that bears his name.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Although Confucius' teachings became the foundation of a religion that eventually bears his name,
he did not see himself as the founder of any religion.

Question 7:

According to Han Feizi, people only respect power and fear.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 8:
For most of his life Confucius was a failure.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 9:

Yin and Yang, accoreding to NeoConfucianists, existed before there was Taiji and Qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

It was the emperment of Qi, the fital forde, that everying came into existence.

Question 10:

The Fajia taught that the best form of government is one that is ethical and moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):
 TRUE

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The Fajia school taught that the best form of goverment isone that gets the job done, rather the
means or ethical or not.

Question 11:

Confucius taught that those who lived according to their station in society would be rewarded with a
better rebirth

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

The goal of Confucianism is not to atain a good afterlife or salvation, but to create the best society
and form of government that would benefit the most people.

Question 12:

According to Zhuxi and NeoConfucianism, Qi is the ital or physical force, while Li is the law or rational
principle.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

 FALSE

Rationale:

It is combining of the two that everything came into existence.

Question 13:

The concept of reciprocry in Confucius' teachings is called _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 shu (correct)

Question 14:

Around 145 B.C.E, we have the first Confucianist

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 school

 Chinese emperor
 temple (correct)

 political advisers and teachers

Question 15:

The concept of ceremonies and propriety is called Li in the teachings of Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 16:

Because Confucianism does not refer to the heavenly and earthly worlds, it should not be classified as
a religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

Rationale:

Confucisum is best understood as a nontheistic religion since the gods have no part in the goals of
Confucianism.

 FALSE (correct)

Rationale:

Confucisum is best understood as a nontheistic religion since the gods have no part in the goals of
Confucianism.

Question 17:
According to the Mohists, the focus of government should be to ease the people's pain.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

 FALSE

Rationale:

For Motzu and the Mohists, the operating principle igovernment is jainai (love).

Question 18:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese education system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Song Dynasty

 Tsao Dynasty

 Han Dynasty (correct)

 Shang Dynasty

Question 19:

In his teachings Confucius mentioned Ti'en.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

 FALSE

Rationale:

Perhaps he mentions them twice.

Question 20:

According to the Realists, people are only interested in an effective goverhment, and could care less if
it is ethical or moral.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

Rationale:

According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

 FALSE

Rationale:

According to this school, people don't care whether the govbernment is moral, just as long as it
does it job.

Question 1:
Which of the following statements is true of traditional Daoist deities?

Type: Multiple Choice

 Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 They have names rather than titles.
Correct Answer(s):

 They are believed to exist outside the universe.

 They are closely intertwined with the imperial administration of China. (correct)
 They are not subject to the Dao as humans are.
 They have names rather than titles.
Question 2:
Daoism for the Many is what scholars call ____________________ Daoism.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Religious (correct)
Question 3:
According to Daoism you should govern a great nation as you would ___ ___ ___ _____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 cook a small fish (correct)

Question 4:
According to Daoism the only time you should go to war is for righting wrongs and overthrowing tyrants.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)

Question 5:
The goal of Religious Daoism was ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 immortality (correct)

Question 6:
Accidents, disease and earthquakes are attributed to the spirits called ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

 Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 kuei (correct)
Question 7:
_____ is a Daoist deity who protects property and is also known as "Land Elder."

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Mother Ancestor
Correct Answer(s):

 Sea Goddess
 Mother Ancestor
 Earth God (correct)
 Jade Emperor

Question 8:
For _________, all spirits are immortal in some sense—they survive the death of the body and go into the next
world.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Confucianists
Correct Answer(s):

 Ruists
 Westerners
 Daoists (correct)
 Confucianists
Question 9:
_____ are more colorful and elaborate than those of other religions in China.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Confucian temples
Correct Answer(s):

 Daoist temples (correct)

 Confucian temples
 Buddhist temples
 Zoroastrian temples
Question 10:
According to Daoism, life is to be lived ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 simply (correct)
 (11 of 30)
Question 11:
According to Daoist views, a spirit-person has a lot of primordial qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)
Question 12:
In the Chinese tradition, _________ of the family receive elaborate funerals.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 children
Correct Answer(s):

 working women
 male heads (correct)
 children
 infants
Question 13:
The Dao De Jing teachings about the harmony of __________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 opposites (correct)
Question 14:
According to Daoism wars are due to prideful rulers or kings.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE
Question 15:
The ideal society according to Daoism is a ________ ________.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 small village (correct)

 Question 16:
The defied ancestor who supported the Zhou rebellion against the Shang Dynasty was ____ ____.

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 Shang Di (correct)
Question 17:
Which of the following is a common belief associated with death in the Chinese tradition?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 Burning symbolic paper money provides the deceased with income in the afterlife.
Correct Answer(s):

 In-ground burials destroy the qi that remains in the bones of the dead.
 Crying and wailing displease the spirit of the dead.
 Burning symbolic paper money provides the deceased with income in the afterlife. (correct)
 The souls of the dead directly enter a happy afterlife.
Question 18:
Identify a true statement about the ancient Chinese traditions.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Cremation is common in all Chinese religions and cultures.
Correct Answer(s):

 Life-cycle rituals are more important in China than in other cultures.

 In China, marriage is more a religious arrangement than a social one.
 The traditional Chinese funeral has great religious and cultural significance. (correct)
 Cremation is common in all Chinese religions and cultures.

Question 19:
In Daoist teaching, _________ is best understood as going along with nature.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 wu wei
Correct Answer(s):

 wu wei (correct)
 xiao
 ren
 junzi
Question 20:
Positioning objects to maximize the good effects of the flow of energy is known as feng shui, a phrase that
literally means _____.

Type: Multiple Choice

 Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 wind-water
Correct Answer(s):

 spirit-person
 the eternal Dao
 wind-water (correct)
 the cosmic way
Question 21:
Which of the following statements is true of the Daode Jing?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 It challenges a reader to figure out the meaning of the text.
Correct Answer(s):

 It is said to be written by Mengzi, a wandering advisor to rulers.

 It suggests that troubles of existence are solved by human distinctions such as good and evil.
 It challenges a reader to figure out the meaning of the text. (correct)
 It is spelled in Pinyin system as "Tao Te Ching."
Question 22:
Which of the following is a similarity between Confucianism and Daoism?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Both religions have gods in the way Abrahamic religions do
Correct Answer(s):

 Both religions speak about the Dao. (correct)

 Both religions always make use of images in their temples.
 Both religions have gods in the way Abrahamic religions do
 Both religions emphasize life-cycle rituals.
Question 23:
Daoists believe that every living person has a normal, healthy amount of _____ and that personal health results
from its balance, harmony, and smooth flow.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 qi
Correct Answer(s):

 qi (correct)
 de
 Taiji
 Tian

Question 24:
The Dao is an impersonal, vague force behind the universe.

Type: True or False

 Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 25:
The syncretistic nature of Chinese religion and culture is illustrated in the story of ____ ________ _____ ______
______ _______.(six words?)

Type: Fill In The Blank

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
Correct Answer(s):

 the Emperor and the Buddhist scholar (correct)

Question 26:
In Chinese religion, the impersonal moral force is Shang Di

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correct)
Question 27:
In earliest times _________ was a personal god, probably the highest deity among many, but in the Zhou
dynasty it became an impersonal force guided by its own principle of what is right.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
 Dao
Correct Answer(s):

 qi
 de
 Dao
 Tian (correct)

Question 28:
_________ is closely associated with Daoists' view of life.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
 Wu wei
Correct Answer(s):

 Wu wei (correct)
 Xiao
 Ren
 Junzi
Chinese funeralsThe Dao believes that all rulers should be just.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE
 FALSE (correc

Question 30:
The abode of the Great Spirits and the Impersonal force and cosmic moral principle is Tian or T’ien.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)
 FALSE

Question 1:

Confucianist texts became part of the Chinese educational system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Han dynasty

Correct Answer(s):

 Song dynasty

 Han dynasty (correct)

 Xhou dynasty

 None of the ancestors are correct.

Question 2:

The legalist school believed that the best form of government was one that created laws so that
government would be ethical and moral.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 3:

Which of the following is a similarity between Confucianism and Daoism?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Both religions speak about the Dao.

Correct Answer(s):

 Both religions speak about the Dao. (correct)

 Both religions always make use of images in their temples.

 Both religions have gods in the way Abrahamic religions do

 Both religions emphasize life-cycle rituals.

Question 4:

Identify a true statement about Chinese funerals.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Visitors light incense for the deceased.

Correct Answer(s):

 Family members handle actions involving physical contact with the corpse.

 Crying and wailing is considered a sign of disrespect to the spirit of the dead.
 Mirrors are kept around the body of the dead person.

 Visitors light incense for the deceased. (correct)

Question 5:

The _________ suggests that human distinctions generate the troubles and problems of existence.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Mencius
Correct Answer(s):

 Yi Jing
 Daode Jing (correct)
 Analects
 Mencius

Question 6: Zhu Xi dtermined that the true teachings of Confucius were found in writings of Mencius.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 7:

For _________, all spirits are immortal in some sense—they survive the death of the body and go into
the next world.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Daoists

Correct Answer(s):

 Ruists
 Westerners

 Daoists (correct)

 Confucianists

Question 8:

Deceased ancestors who are no longer honored by their children will become homeless ghosts.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 9:

Match the following

Type: Matching
Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Propriety:Li
 Human nature is evil:Xunzi
 Qi and Li:Zhu Xi
 Jainai:Mo Tzu

Correct Answer(s):

 Qi and Li (correct)

: Zhu Xi

 Propriety (correct)

: Li
 Human nature is evil (correct)

: Xunzi

 Jainai (correct)

: Mo Tzu

Question 10:

According to Daoism, your greatest possession is your small children.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 11:

Confucius rejected the practice of religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 12:

According to Daoist views, a spirit-person has a lot of primordial qi.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 13:

The doctrine of universal or brotherly love is called

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Jainai

Correct Answer(s):

 Jimmu-butsa

 Jainai (correct)

 Fajia

 Mozu

Question 14:

The Mohists were complete pacifists.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 15:
The things that get in the way of living life, according to Daoism, include

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 family

Correct Answer(s):

 family (correct)

 the gods

 flowing water

 Two of these answers are correct.

Question 16:

Because Confucianism does not refer to the heavenly and earthly worlds, it should not be classified as
a religion.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 17:

_____ is a Daoist deity who protects property and is also known as "Land Elder."

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Earth God

Correct Answer(s):

 Sea Goddess
 Mother Ancestor

 Earth God (correct)

 Jade Emperor

Question 18:

The concept of ceremonies and propriety is called Li.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 19:

According to Zhu Xi, the "law" or "rational principle" is li.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 20:

_________ believe that it is best to practice wu wei, to act naturally, and not to oppose or tamper with
how nature or even human reality is moving.

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 Daoists
Correct Answer(s):

 Confucianists

 Daoists (correct)

 Buddhists

 Hindus

Question 21:

In 145 b.c.e., the first sacrifice was made to Confucius.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 22:

The Dao will punish sinners and and reward the righteous here on earth.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 23:

Daoists believe that the Dao unties the knots of life, blunts the sharp edges of relationships and
problems, and soothes painful occurrences.
Type: True or False
Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE (correct)

 FALSE

Question 24:

In a traditional Chinese funeral, which of the following is done after the burial?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 The deceased are offered special prayers at home.

Correct Answer(s):

 The rituals immediately discontinue after the funeral.

 The clothes worn by the mourners are preserved.

 The family's mourning period stops after thirty days.

 The deceased are offered special prayers at home. (correct)

Question 25:

The Chinese had no form of divination.

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):
False
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)
Question 26:

The first god of Daoism was Laozi in the form of Li Poh Yang

Type: True or False

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):
True
Correct Answer(s):

 TRUE

 FALSE (correct)

Question 27:

Which of the following statements is true of traditional Daoist deities?

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 They are closely intertwined with the imperial administration of China.

Correct Answer(s):

 They are believed to exist outside the universe.

 They are closely intertwined with the imperial administration of China. (correct)

 They are not subject to the Dao as humans are.

 They have names rather than titles.

Question 28:

Confucianist texts were eliminated from the Chinese educational system during the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 0/1
Your Answer(s):

 Zhou dynasty

Correct Answer(s):
 Han dynasty

 Zhou dynasty

 Shang dynasty

 none of the above. (correct)

Question 29:

The spirits who are responsible for accidents, disease and earthquakes are the

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 kuei

Correct Answer(s):

 Zhou

 kuei (correct)

 shen

 Dao chi

Question 30:

The goal of Religious Daoism was

Type: Multiple Choice

Points Awarded: 1/1
Your Answer(s):

 immortality

Correct Answer(s):

 immortality (correct)

 changing iron into gold

 knowledge

 two of these answers are correct.

The things that get in the way of living life, according to Daoism, include