1. For him, though we are physically free, one does not have a right to do anything if it is not morally right or if one will hurt another.
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
2. It holds that humanity’s life is a continuous cycle (samsara)
a. Hinduism b. Jainism c. Buddhism d. Taoism
3. It means freedom from egotism and rebirth (reincarnation). To attain it, one should detach oneself from pleasure and materialism. In Hinduism, as one becomes freer, one becomes less selfish. This state of life brings out kindness to all including animals. At this point, the pain of rebirth (reincarnation) ends.
a. Samsara b. Maya c. Brahman d. Moksha
4. For him, physically we are free, yet morally bound to obey the law. The Eternal law is God Himself
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
5. According to him, “Nirvana is beyond the sense, language, and thought”.
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. According to this law, humanity must do well and avoid evil, hence, the existence of moral obligation in every human being.
a. Eternal law b. Moral law c. Civil law d. Criminal law
7. He saw life in suffering and tried to control it instead of cursing it,
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
8. It simply means illusion and mystery.
a. Atman b. Maya c. Samsara d. Moksha
9. “Though all are called to different lifestyles, all are called to be holy, pure, and chaste within that lifestyle.”
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
10.It implies the moral law of cause and effect. It is a belief that every action has a corresponding moral effect.
a. Karma b. Maya c. Samsara d. Moksha
11.For him, “to live a chaste life is difficult. All are called to be chaste whether married or single.”
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
12.It refers to the cycle of constant rebirth. Hindus believe that an individual is constantly being reborn. But this cycle of constant rebirth also means constant struggle, pain and suffering until purification has been attained. Hence, everyone wants to escape from reincarnation.
a. Atman b. Maya c. Samsara d. Moksha
13.“to be pure is also to be holy”
a. St. Augustine b. Buddha c. St. Jerome d. St. Thomas Aquinas
14.He teaches that wisdom consists in treading the Middle Way, avoiding the extreme of asceticism, inactivity, and indifference on the one hand and that of frantic activity and mindless pursuit of pleasure on the other.
a. Buddha b. Johnston c. Plato d. Puligandla
15. The nirvanic man, according to him is the true follower of the Buddha, in that, he neither always sits absorbed in meditation nor is always involved in activity.
a. Johnston b. Marx c. Plato d. Puligandla​​