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Question 1:

The reign of China’s mythical ruler King Yao occurred from _______.
a) 2365–2245 BCE
b) 2356–2255 BCE
c) 3355–3220 BCE
d) 2255–2485 BCE

Question 2:

In 551 BCE, ______ was born.
a) Zhang
b) Ban Tang
c) Confucius
d) Han Yu

Question 3:

_______ is considered one of China’s foremost classical philosophers.
a) Wang Manchu
b) Mencius
c) Zhuangzi
d) King Yao

Question 4:

One of the Confucian classics is the _______.
a) Book of War
b) Book of Court
c) Annals of Zhou
d) Spring and Autumn Annals

Question 5:

For the Shang people the high god was called _______.
a) Di
b) Yin
c) Brahma
d) Ya-hweh

Question 6:

The idea of moral character providing the right to rule is shown in the theory of _______.
a) the mandate of heaven
b) the commandments of Di
c) the xiangong
d) might makes right

Question 7:

In the Book of Change (Yijing), the pattern of cosmic change is encoded in _______ hexagrams.
a) 8
b) 21
c) 49
d) 64

Question 8:

Above all, Confucius emphasized the practice of ______.
a) universal love
b) Goddess worship
c) filial piety
d) worship of Di

Question 9:

One departure of Xunzi thoughts from Mencius’ ideas was that human nature was _______.
a) sinful
b) evil
c) neutral
d) good

Question 10:

The Naturalists held that those adhering to celestial laws would _______.
a) flourish
b) flounder
c) attain cosmic union
d) ascend to heaven

Question 11:

The two books that formed the foundation of the woman’s Confucian tradition were the Biographies of Exemplary Women and _______.
a) the Book of Heart-minds
b) Admonitions for Women
c) A Woman’s Pillow Book
d) the Book of Inner Advice

Question 12:

The apex of Neo-Confucianism was reached with _______.
a) Madame Zhou
b) Cheng Yi
c) Zhu Xi
d) Fu Ling Yu

Question 13:

One of the proponents of New Confucianism is ______, at Harvard.
a) Carsun Chang
b) Lee Kuan Yew
c) Sun Yatsen
d) Tu Wei-ming

Question 14:

The Classic of the Way and Power is attributed to _______.
a) Laozi
b) Kungzi
c) Mengzi
d) Huang-Lao

Question 15:

One of the main concepts of religious Daoism is _______.
a) scriptural study
b) not-doing
c) virtuous actions
d) undoing

Question 16:

The three treasures of a Daoists sage are: compassion, not daring to take the lead in the empire, and _______.
a) inner training
b) sexual yogas
c) frugality
d) mystic flight

Question 17:

The Zhuangzi teaches that the sage ______ politics.
a) engages in
b) supports
c) criticizes
d) shuns

Question 18:

One of the millenarian movements influenced by the Classic of the Great Peace was the _______.
a) Red Beards
b) Yin-Yang rebels
c) Green Hats
d) Celestial Masters

Question 19:

The great female Daoist master Sun Buer lived _______.
a) 1090–1170
b) 1119–1183
c) 875–950
d) 1825–1900

Question 20:

A Christian inspired movement that destroyed Daoist and Buddhist temples in the mid-1800 was the _______.
a) Taiping Rebellion
b) White Lotus Society
c) Confucian Fundamentalists
d) Missionary Supporters

Question 21:

At the elite level, traditionally Korean religiosity can be classified as _______.
a) poly-theistic
b) non-theistic
c) mono-theistic
d) mono-buddhistic

Question 22:

Tangun was the founder of Old Choson, and his parents were the god Hwanung and ________.
a) the Red Egg goddess
b) a Rice goddess
c) a she-bear
d) the Kim chi Goddess

Question 23:

The Daoist cult of immortality merged with local Korean _______.
a) mountain worship
b) concepts of nirvana
c) prognostication
d) ancestor worship

Question 24:

The Instructions for the Inner Quarters was written by _______.
a) Yi Hwang
b) Cho Kwang-jo
c) Yi I
d) Queen Sohye

Question 25:

The Buddhist monk ______ argued for syncretism.
a) Yun Ch’iho
b) Hyujong
c) Pak Unsik
d) Chonggi

Higher Education

Oxtoby Eastern, Third Edition: Chapter 6 - Chinese and Korean Traditions