Multiple Choice 1.The lion dance is performed as a ritual believed to bring __________. A. love to those who wear the costume B. youth and vitality to the community C. prosperity and good fortune to businesses D. beauty to women 2. Confucius supported the practice of venerating ancestors because he __________. A. felt the ancestors would aid people in times of battle B. thought every activity should be positioned in relationship to family C. did not think he could stop people from being selfish D. considered it an evil practice 3.Alchemy, in medieval Europe, was the effort to transform __________. A. the human body B. gold into diamonds C. lead into gold D. coal into diamond 4.In China, alchemy came to be practiced as a means to transform __________. A. the human body B. gold into diamonds C. lead into gold D. coal into diamond 5.Advice to quit smoking is likely to be found in a text for which new movement? A. kungfu B. tai chi C. Falun Gong D. judo 6.Which of the following movements is younger than 100 years old? A. Falun Gong B. qigong C. taichi D. daoism 7.The Shaolin monastery teaches martial arts as a way to __________. A. defeat enemies B. control foreigners C. intimidate potential troublemakers D. develop self control 8.Qi __________. A. is a limited resource B. exists in everything and links everything C. is cultivated through rapture D. is best understood as a rare commodity 9.Some Daoists argue immortality means being __________. A. released from the cycle of reincarnation B. free from the requirements of eating C. able to leave the physical realm for brief periods of time D. contained within a physical body for a finite duration 10.The effort to align qi in a building is called __________. A. acupuncture B. Falun Gong C. fengshui D. kungfu 11.The effort to align qi in someone’s body is called __________. A. acupuncture B. Falun Gong C. fengshui D. li 12.Daoism and Buddhism, in the East, revere ________ as places of harmony. A. cities B. towns C. mountains D. oceans 13.Confucius thought everyone should learn and follow rituals in order to __________. A. maintain harmony in society B. keep themselves clean from sin C. please the gods D. prevent the spread of qi 14.While Confucianism sought to explicitly develop society, Daoism __________. A. seemed to care even more about social relationships B. involved the gods in society C. developed complex rituals for the relationship between a ruler and subjects D. seemed to care very little about social relationships 15.Buddhism in the East__________. A. remained unchanged by its interaction with Eastern philosophies B. has not had much influence C. has incorporated many of the ideas of Daoism and Confucianism D. remains relatively useful for politics but has little relevance to spiritual life