These sights of disease, misery and death quite moved him that he at once became a beggar and went out into the world to seek enlightenment concerning the sorrows he had witnessed

With patient toil, from day to day,     The printed page he scann'd,    The page of learned book, or sheet     With news from foreign land.    And people thought him wond'rous wise,     And he himself was vain    Of all the knowledge he had stor'd     Within his jaded brain.    What other men were working at,     He knew from day to day,    But never dream'd his barren task     Was only idle play.    Fill'd with the thoughts of other minds,     His words were barren, dry;    He seldom coin'd a thought himself,     He had so many by. . . . 6 Mark For Review6Which choice best states the main idea of the text?A) The man seemed impressively wise, but he rarely thought of something on his own.B) The man knew little about the real world.C) The man too often told others what they should think.D) The man only read books that agreed with what he already thought.

Read the following paragraph to answer Questions 48 to 50Among the manifold misfortunes that may befall humanity, the loss of health is one of the severest.All the joys, which life can give, cannot outweigh the suffering of the sick. Give the sick maneverything and leave him with his suffering, he will feel half the world is lost to him. Lay him on a softsilken couch he will nevertheless groan sleepless under the presence of his suffering, while themiserable beggar, blessed with health, sleeps sweetly on the hard ground. Spread his table withdainty meals and the choicest drinks and he will thrust back the hand that proffers them, and envy thepoor man who thoroughly enjoys his dry crust. Surround him with the pomp of kings; let his chair be athrone and his crutch a world-swaying scepter, he will look with contemptuous eyes on marble, ongold, on purple, and would deem himself happy, could he enjoy, even were it under a thatched roof,the health of the meanest of his servants.48. What is the opposite of the word ‘contemptuous’?A. AdmiringB. SmilingC. CruelD. Angry.49. A miserable beggar sleeps sweetly on the hard ground because ________.A. he likes hard ground.B. he can’t sleep on a soft silken couch.C. he hates a soft silken couchD. of his good health.50. What is the strongest wish of a sick man?A. To get all the wealth of the world.B. To lie on a soft silken couch.C. To get rid of his suffering or illness.D. To eat sumptuous food.

The spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhism.Riddles in Zen Buddhism designed to help confuse one’s efforts at reason and make possible enlightenment.The religion which resulted from the fusion of Islam’s monotheism and Hinduism’s doctrines of illusion and reincarnation.According to Buddhist doctrine, the non-soulness of our existence as humans.The god of creation in Hindu thought, responsible for bringing everything we experience into existence every few hundred million years or so after the system crashes.In Buddhist thought, desire, thirst, craving – that which binds us to the cycle of birth and death.Traditionally identified as the founder of Jainism, he fulfilled his familial duties until after the death of his parents.

How did suffering and evil come into the world?  Describe in your own words the story of the Fall.

There was scarcely a single Person in the Town, either old or young, that was left unconcerned about the great Things of the eternal World…And the Work of Conversion was carried on in a most astonishing Manner, and increased more and more; Souls did as it were come by Flocks to Jesus Christ. From Day to Day, for many Months together, might be seen evidence Instances of Sinners brought out of Darkness into marvelous Light, and delivered out of an horrible Pit, and from the miry Clay, and set upon a Rock, with a new Song of Praise to God in their Mouths.Prince, Thomas, ed. The Christian History Containing Accounts of the Revival and Propogation of Religion in Great Britain and America in the Year 1743. Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green.The event described in the passage was part of which movement?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe Social GospelBTranscendentalismCThe Temperance MovementDThe Great Awakening