Chapter 7 Self-Quiz

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true correct incorrect

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. "Shinto" means the ________. (Page 343)

way of the afterlife correct incorrect

shaman tradition correct incorrect

way of the kami correct incorrect

spirit tradition correct incorrect

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. According to Mr. Sato, in ________ after death, a person will be considered an "ancestor." (Page 346)

3 years correct incorrect

12 years correct incorrect

33 years correct incorrect

108 years correct incorrect

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. In Japan the bodhisattva of compassion is ________. (Page 347)

Guanyin correct incorrect

Kannon correct incorrect

Amida correct incorrect

Amaterasu correct incorrect

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. ________ is NOT a reason for approaching the kami. (Page 349)

Resolving a dispute correct incorrect

Asking for a child correct incorrect

Success in school correct incorrect

Honouring Buddha correct incorrect

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. During the Kofun period, the burial mounds for the ancient rulers of Japan are called ________. (Page 351)

kofun correct incorrect

mappo correct incorrect

nara correct incorrect

tariki correct incorrect

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. The Todaiji temple is ________. (Page 353)

a Shinto temple correct incorrect

the oldest wooden building in the world correct incorrect

the only Daoist temple in Japan correct incorrect

the location of a famous lantern festival in late summer correct incorrect

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. In Japan today, ________ is usually depicted as female. (Page 355)

Jizo correct incorrect

Izanagi correct incorrect

Hachiman correct incorrect

Kannon correct incorrect

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. The key Buddhist text brought from China to Japan, by Saicho and Kukai, is the ________. (Page 355)

Heart Sutra correct incorrect

Kojiki correct incorrect

Lotus Sutra correct incorrect

Nihon Shoki correct incorrect

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. Shinto priests and priestesses developed code words for referring to Buddhist concepts ________. (Page 357)

so that the two traditions do not get mixed up correct incorrect

so the Shinto tradition can acknowledge the concepts but keep a distance from them correct incorrect

in order to prevent non-adepts from understanding the esoteric teachings correct incorrect

the Shinto clergy did not develop any code words for referring to Buddhist concepts correct incorrect

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. Honen ________. (Page 358)

thought that people living in an age of mappo can attain salvation correct incorrect

thought that people should spend more time meditating correct incorrect

founded the Tendai Buddhist tradition correct incorrect

was exiled for breaking his vows of celibacy and marrying correct incorrect

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. The Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism is associated with ________. (Page 360)

chanting the nembutsu correct incorrect

sudden enlightenment correct incorrect

Amida Buddha correct incorrect

Dogen correct incorrect

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. The prominent "new religion" based on Nichiren's teachings is ________. (Page 363)

Aum Shinrikyo correct incorrect

Jodo Shinshu correct incorrect

Shinnyo-en correct incorrect

Soka Gakkai correct incorrect

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. ________ teachings were thought to promote societal harmony and stability in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, through attention to relationships. (Page 363)

Buddhist correct incorrect

Shinto correct incorrect

Confucian correct incorrect

Daoist correct incorrect

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. ________ does NOT bring about the conditions for receiving benefits from the spirits and deities. (Page 365)

Asking a ritual specialist to conduct rituals at a shrine correct incorrect

Performing rituals at a family altar in the home correct incorrect

Attending a poetry reading correct incorrect

Attending a grand festival (matsuri) correct incorrect

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. Amaterasu is ________. (Page 65)

the deity of the sun correct incorrect

the imperial kami correct incorrect

a shogun ruler correct incorrect

a bodhisattva of compassion correct incorrect

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. The four distinct classes in Tokugawa society are ________. (Page 369)

samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants correct incorrect

lord, serf, samurai, and clergy correct incorrect

samurai, merchants, serf, and clergy correct incorrect

farmers, artisans, clergy, and lord correct incorrect

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. Bushido is the way of ________. (Page 370)

the warrior correct incorrect

harmony correct incorrect

the farmer correct incorrect

the kami correct incorrect

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. Kamikaze means ________. (Page 372)

heavenly deities correct incorrect

divine sky correct incorrect

powerful deities correct incorrect

divine wind correct incorrect

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. Current trends in Japanese religious practice include an increase in Buddhist priests' engagement with ________. (Page 374)

meditation correct incorrect

chanting correct incorrect

social services correct incorrect

textual studies correct incorrect

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. Today, many young people in Japan ________. (Page 375)

don't care about anything religious at all correct incorrect

have individual interests but are leery of institutionalized religion correct incorrect

are flocking to new religious movements correct incorrect

are continuing the traditions that have been found in Japan for centuries correct incorrect