Chapter Quiz Introductory



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Chapter Quiz

Introductory
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Question 1

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What is considered to be the cornerstone of Mimamsa theory?

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knowledge corresponds with reality

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Mimamsa, page 118

knowledge leads to successful action

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Mimamsa, page 118

the understanding of the self-validity of knowledge

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Mimamsa, page 118

knowledge is consistent

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Mimamsa, page 118

knowledge is unchanging

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Mimamsa, page 118







Question 2

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According to Mimamsa, the Vedas are believed to be

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a separate and valid means of knowledge.

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Mimamsa, page 119

a direct and eternal revelation of reality itself.

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Mimamsa, page 119

the path of right livelihood.

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Mimamsa, page 119

the path of right effort.

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Mimamsa, page 119

the true detection of error.

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Mimamsa, page 120







Question 3

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According to the Vedanta, the Upanishads taught that the ultimate reality is

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Advaita.

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Vedanta, page 120

Dvaita.

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Vedanta, page 120

Vishistadvaita.

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Vedanta, page 120

Brahman.

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Vedanta, page 120

Atman.

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Vedanta, page 120







Question 4

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What is Shankara's view of reality?

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one absolute and independent reality

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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121

a product of material elements

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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121

a transformation of unconscious matter

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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121

the product of two kinds of independent reality

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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121

the appearance that constitutes the empirical world

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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121







Question 5

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In what way does Shankara explain the human experience of change?

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If something seems real, then it must be real.

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Appearance and Reality, page 124

It is in dreams that we experience true change.

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Appearance and Reality, page 124

Changes exist only as appearances.

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Appearance and Reality, page 124

A change in the objects of the empirical world must be denied.

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Appearance and Reality, page 124

Only in waking experiences can change be seen as real.

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Appearance and Reality, page 124







Question 6

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According to Shankara, why is Atman not subject to the laws of appearances?

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Atman doesn't exist.

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Appearance and Reality, page 127

Atman is pure subject, one without a second.

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Appearance and Reality, page 127

Shankara believes that one must experience one's ultimate reality.

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Appearance and Reality, page 127

Atman is not an appearance.

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Appearance and Reality, page 127

Shankara believes that the Self is pure consciousness.

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Appearance and Reality, page 127







Question 7

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Ramanuja argues that which of the following is in direct correlation with identity?

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difference

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127

unity

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127

sorrow

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127

anguish

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127

self-pity

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127







Question 8

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Ramanuja's position is that the "All" in relation to Brahman refers to the

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physical processes in the world.

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128

sensations felt by humans.

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128

perception of the Self.

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128

mental processes of the mind.

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128

various things and selves.

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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128







Question 9

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The school of Madhva differs from the positions of the Shankara and Ramanuja schools in that Madhva sees the world as

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eternal and distinct.

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

cohesive and dualistic.

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

nonexistent and theoretical.

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

liberating and individual.

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

eternal and suffering.

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129







Question 10

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Madhva arrived at five differences in between Brahman and matter. Which of the following is not one of these differences?

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Brahman and matter

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

Brahman and selves

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

selves and matter

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

one self and another

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129

two things and another

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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129







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