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Questions
1. Daoism today remains popular in each of the following places, EXCEPT _____.
"Chinatowns" or other Chinese enclaves worldwide
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Hong Kong
2. Daoist principles can still be seen today in all of the following popular modern practices EXCEPT _____.
Chinese and Japanese "soft" martial arts that yield to and gently re-direct attacks
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with its use of balancing herbs and acupuncture
studying classical Confucian texts to prepare for the Chinese civil service exams
deep breathing and slow movement exercises promoting health, such as qigong and taiji
3. _____ is NOT known for propounding a version of the "Golden Rule."
Buddha
Confucius
Jesus
Mao Zedong/Mao Tse Tung
4. Attaining and maintaining harmony with the Dao is NOT likened to _____.
"going with the flow" of nature and the universe
attaining salvation from sin, and/or release from rebirth
swimming, rowing or sailing with the current, rather than against it
putting oneself into harmonious alignment with all of nature and the cosmos
5. Which of the following was NOT part of China's traditional native folk religion?
Ancestor worship/veneration.
Divination
Ying and Yang
The Daoist Canon
6. The evolution of Daoism as an organized, institutionalized religion was influenced by _____.
Confucianism
Communism
Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
Christian missionaries
7. Confucian texts became the basis of China's national core curriculum and its imperial civil service exams for more than a _____.
year
decade
century
millennium
8. The Zhou (Chou) dynasty belief, with which Confucius agreed, was that for social harmony to prevail, earthly affairs must mirror or align with the _____.
rule of god
rule of law
Will of the Emperor
Way of Heaven