Quiz #1

Question 1

T/F: Hebraic monotheism assumes nature is perfect because its God’s creation.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What was the dominant, most popular school of thought in the ancient world?

Answer 2

Sophism

Question 3

Indicate the purpose and form of language as envisioned by:
Greco-Roman: 1_______ 2_________
Early Christain: 3_______ 4_________

Answer 3

1. persuade
2. lofty
3. report
4. plain and simple

Question 4

T/F: Augustine’s Confessions is generally considered the first autobiography written in the world

Answer 4

True

Question 5

When were Siddhartha’s teachings written down?

Answer 5

The 1st century BCE

Question 6

What is the “origin of suffering”?

Answer 6

That craving which causes the renewal of existence

Question 7

What does “the principle of great love” command?

Answer 7

The return of good for evil

Question 8

What aspect of Buddhism was resisted by the Brahmin caste in India?

Answer 8

Buddhist egalitarianiam

Question 9

What sort of “insight” is emphasized by Chan (zen) Buddhism?

Answer 9

Visionary Insight

Question 10

As a sharp contrast to Christianity, what goal does Buddhism, in all its forms, seek for individual identity?

Answer 10

Identity is obliterated

Question 11

What were the dates of Augustine’s life?

Answer 11

354-430

Question 12

What did ask from God when he first learned to pray as a boy?

Answer 12

To not be beaten at school

Question 13

In retrospect, what does Augustine say is more important:

a. the rudiments of grammar
b. the appreciation of literature

Answer 13

a.

Question 14

T/F: As he entered adolescence, Augustine began serious study and his approach to God.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What is it that harms the wicked?

Answer 15

their own deeds

Question 16

In the study if what subject “the less honest I was, the more famous I should be”?

Answer 16

Law

Question 17

Whu was he repelled when he first read those scriptures? (bibles)

Answer 17

Their simplicity

Question 18

What was the principal and practically conclusive reason he moved to Rome to teach?

Answer 18

The youths were more disciplined there

Question 19

T/F: His mother, a Christain, had lamented his Manichean beliefs

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F: By taking a new mistress, he healed the wound of sending away his long-time mistress.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

According to Monica’s example, what must a woman NOTdo “by deed or even by word”?

Answer 21

Resist a husband in anger

Question 22

By what should “we study to extinguish wrath”?

Answer 22

Kind Speaking

Question 23

For what did Augustine feel very much ashamed?

Answer 23

The emotions of grief had power over him aster his mothers death

Question 24

T/F: As good as his mother was, Augustine prayed for sins

Answer 24

True