Question

In Chinese lore, Yu the Great is “great” because heA)created agriculture
B)was a

paragon of filial piety

C)was a hydraulic engineer who controlled the flooding of rivers

D)discovered the 8 Trigrams

E)created the institution of marriage

2. For Confucius, good government was mainly a matter ofA)scrupulously carrying out the proper ritual forms (li)

B)careful planning of the details of taxation and military affairs

C)abandoning complex society and returning to a small roving bands of hunter-gatherers as the largest social unit

D)creating democratic institutions by which to give voice to the sentiments of the masses

E)creating a thorough and effective system of laws to regulate society

3. The order of agents in the classical Chinese conquest cycle isA)fire, metal, wood, earth, water, and back to fire

B)wood, fire, earth, metal, water, and then back to wood

C)water, fire, earth, air, wood, and then back to water

D)air, fire, earth, wood, water, and then back to air

E)earth, fire, air, wood, water, and then back to earth

4. Confucius wasA)a prominent author and editor

B)an antiquarian, deeply immersed in the lore of the past

C)a prominent government official

D)a military leader who yearned for peace

E)a temple priest

5. In Chinese popular religion and lore, one way to prevent ghosts from causing problems is toA)keep the moving at all times

B)capture them in jars of water

C)soothe them with certain kinds of music

D)offer “protection money” to certain ghost-slaying deities

E)feed them

6. One classic Chinese intellectual argument against the existence of ghosts as thatA)if people could become ghosts after death, there would be ghosts everywhere

B)Heaven would not permit ghosts to exist

C)nobody has ever seen a ghost

D)after death we are reincarnated as beings with corporeal bodies

E)ancestral spirits cannot become ghosts

7. At the time Confucius lived,A)there was widespread popular yearning for a new religion

B)China was unified under a strong central government

C)constant warfare had largely destroyed civil society

D)the rulers of China practiced a religion called Daoism

E)China was divided into dozens of different countries of various sizes

8. The order of agents in the classical Chinese production cycle isA)wood, fire, earth, metal, water, and then back to wood

B)earth, fire, air, wood, water, and then back to earth

C)water, fire, earth, air, wood, and then back to water

D)air, fire, earth, wood, water, and then back to air

E)fire, metal, wood, earth, water, and back to fire

9. In the typical Chinese popular view, ancestral spirits areA)imaginary entities that do not really exist but which can help provide a sense of family coherence

B)the yin soul or spirit of deceased ancestors, which resides in the heavens

C)so dangerous that they must be housed in special temples

D)deities residing in the kitchen that send reports about the family up to the higher deities

E)the yang soul or spirit of deceased ancestors, which resides in this world

10. In classical Chinese thoughtA)the category of yang includes things and qualities such as cool, dark, and female

B)the most basic substance of the universe consists of 10 fundamental elements

C)moral laws and natural (scientific) laws are separate and unrelated

D)every action of everybody and everything reverberates throughout the cosmos

E)there is a supreme God of the universe who reveals himself through human prophets

11. Confucius thought that human society and civilizationA)had emerged from a past in which people lived in a primitive state of nature

B)was a corrupt realm that should be abandoned by people who are truly religious

C)was the product of Divine creation by Heaven

D)could prosper only if people recognized and worshipped the supreme deity that he called “Heaven”

E)had not changed significantly for many centuries

12. The Chinese deity MazuA)is the highest-ranking deity in a celestial hierarchy

B)originated as an actual person who, after death, assumed the role of protecting sailors

C)is a rain and storm deity much revered by farmers

D)is an all-powerful, transcendent God

E)resides in the kitchen of a typical Chinese household

13. For Confucius, sagesA)were numerous in his own day, thus giving him hope for the future

B)influence the rest of society by means of moral charisma (de)

C)were divine, savior-like beings send to earth by Heaven

D)were to be found only among kings and emperors

E)had no effect on society because it had become too corrupt

14. For Confucius, li (ritualized conduct) wasA)inferior to laws as a means of social organization

B)a method for enhancing one’s spiritual wellbeing

C)inferior to personal prayer as a means of spiritual development

D)a form of modeling

E)less important that genuine feelings

15. In Chinese popular religion, the Jade EmperorA)resides in the kitchen of a typical Chinese household

B)originated as an actual person who, after death, assumed the role of protecting sailors

C)is a rain and storm deity much revered by farmers

D)rules all the deities in the heavens and all realms of existence

E)is a deity of scholarship and culture, often found enshrined in schools

16. Mencius’ preferred rhetorical device in favor of the argument that human nature is good was toA)contemplate the excellent state of government and institutions during his day

B)point out that Confucius argued vigorously that human nature was good

C)imagine somebody suddenly encountering a child about to fall into a well

D)point to the existence of historical figures like King Wen and the Duke of Zhou as exemplifying typical human nature

E)imagine the behavior of soldiers in a battle

17. A major concern of Confucius and those who associated with him wasA)preservation of the best of past cultural forms

B)devising methods of efficiently administering a bureaucracy

C)debating and explaining the nature of human nature

D)refuting the ideas of Xunzi

E)devising the best strategies for warfare

18. In classical Chinese thought, the Supreme Ultimate was aA)paradise to which someone might go to reside after death

B)willful deity and lord of the universe who intervened in human affairs

C)book of Holy Scripture that Heaven revealed to humans through ancient sages

D)foundational cosmic principle that informed the workings of yin and yang

E)true self, much like the idea of atman in Hinduism

19. Classical Chinese creation myths are concerned mainly with the origins ofA)the earth

B)culture and civilization

C)the universe

D)Chinese people

E)human beings

20. Confucius thought that human civilization in his own timeA)was undergoing a temporary setback in its development

B)was more glorious than it have ever been in the past

C)had been in steep decline for many centuries

D)had not changed significantly for many centuries

E)was so corrupt that the only viable option was to abandon it

 

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