Unit 4: Quiz

Below is a sample of questions that will appear on the quiz. Use them to guide your reading. A subset of these will appear on the quiz. 

The notion of wu wei is

1.  Literally, Daodejing means
2.  The man who dreamed he was a butterfly was
3.  Applying the notion of yin and yang, we could say that Daoism shows a special love for
4.  The most important image to be found in the Daodejing, the image that best expresses its ideals, is
5.  At the end of his life, Laozi (Lao Tzu) is said to have
6.  Daoists aim at enjoying a long life but also accept death because
7.  The aspect of reality that expresses itself in silence, receptivity, and darkness is called
8.  The Daodejing is written in approximately how many Chinese characters?
9.  The Daodejing is known for its
10.  Dao is the origin of
11.   “Divination” refers to
12.  An image used by the Daodejing to express the difficulty of seeing in the Daoist way is
13.  A story in the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) makes fun of the silliness of human beings. It compares them to
14.  After his wife died, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
15.  Laozi (Lao Tzu) is said to have been a
16.  A hierarchical, hereditary form of Daoism is called
17.  Black caps are the signature headwear for
18.  Concerning the origins of Daoism, scholars today point to
19.  The two dots of contrasting color inside the light and dark commas of the yin/yang symbol represent
20.  Daoism likely established monasteries and temples
21.  Daoism developed a pantheon of hundreds of deities, the most important being
22.  The Three Purities consist of
23.  Confucianism has been especially concerned about relationships
24.  Confucius lived during what years?
25.  Confucius worked almost all his life as
26.  The Analects are
27.  The Doctrine of the Mean
28.  The Mencius
29.  Confucius’s ideal society would live according to the ideals of the
30.  Confucius hoped to
31.  The Yijing (I Ching)
32.  In their view of human nature, the Confucianists
33.  The personal ideal or hero of Confucianism is the
34.  The social period in which Confucius lived was
35.  Mencius (Mengzi, Meng Tzu) was a
36.  Regarding Confucianism, the Communists after the Communist Revolution
37.  The most fundamental relationship for Confucius seems to have been that between
38.  The virtue of filial piety means
39.  The ideal of benevolence or “human-heartedness” in Chinese is a written character made up of which pictographs?
40.  The most significant Confucian art form has been
41.  The authoritative pre-Confucian books are the
42.  During the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.),
43.  Which great scholar developed a complete philosophy of reality, now called Neo-Confucianism?
44.  China has had how many female rulers (emperors)?
45.  Confucianism was criticized by Chinese who had studied in the West and were influenced by the teachings of
46.  Confucianism remains a strong value system in
47.  The Qing (Ching) dynasty, the last imperial dynasty, collapsed in China in
48.  Complex Confucian etiquette shows respect to others, makes social interactions predictable, and
49.  Shinto often makes use of
50.  The sun goddess of Shinto is
51.  The primeval female kami who was burned by the fire god is
52.  In Shinto, white is often used because
53.  The torii is
54.  In Shinto, spirits are named
55.  The Ise Grand Shrine is dedicated to Amaterasu, and the high priest and priestess are always members of the imperial family. Why?
56.  Emperor Meiji often celebrated which Shinto virtue in his poetry?
57.  An important element of ritual at a Shinto shrine is
58.  The term Shinto comes from two Chinese words that mean
59.  The Japanese drew many cultural and technological elements from
60.  The primary focus of Shinto worship is directed toward
61.  According to Shinto beliefs, human beings are
62.  Shinto puts great emphasis on
63.  Kamikaze, or “spirit wind,” refers to
64.  State Shinto refers to
65.  The Nihongi is
66.  The ideal of the warrior, promoted by Shinto during World War II, is called
67.  The emperor renounced his title to divinity when
68.  Tenrikyo, which grew out of Shinto, has its headquarters near
69.  The founder of Tenrikyo was
70.  Omoto is a new religion that emphasizes the value of
71.  Omoto, in order to encourage international understanding, gives a special place to the study and use of
72.  Shinto and Buddhism
73.  The Japanese people
74.  When he returned from visiting his deceased wife, Izanagi had to
75.  The Shinto creation myth may have
76.  Shinto and Confucianism particularly had what feature in common?
77.  The emperor of Japan came to be considered a father figure for the whole country. This
78.  Shinto
79.  Izanami and Izanagi created Japan when they stirred the ocean with
80.  Izanagi searched for Izanami
81.  The basis for the Japanese writing system came from
82.  The goddess Amaterasu was lured from a cave, where she was hiding, by
83.  The Church of World Messianity (Sekaikyusei-kyo) is an offshoot of
84.  The islands of Japan, according to the creation story, are a sort of “this-worldly” heaven because
85.  Part of the accommodation between Shinto and Buddhism included
86.  During the Meiji Restoration, Shinto became tied to growing nationalism through
87.  Kami are associated with natural places, the ancestors, and
88.  A special New Year’s ritual in Shinto is