Chapter 22. Quiz for Thinking Like A Historian

22.1 Ideas About the Divine Realm

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Chapter 4: China’s Classical Age to 221 B.C.E.
Quiz for Thinking Like A Historian: Ideas About the Divine Realm

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Question 22.1

Correct. The answer is a. In the absence of clear evidence, Lord Zhuang decided to let the ghosts and spirits decide the matter. Thus, he required both ministers to take a sacred oath.
Incorrect. The answer is a. In the absence of clear evidence, Lord Zhuang decided to let the ghosts and spirits decide the matter. Thus, he required both ministers to take a sacred oath.
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Question 22.2

Correct. The answer is d. Mozi’s story concluded with the following admonition: “Even in the deep valleys, the broad forests, the dark and distant places where no one lives, you must not fail to act with sincerity, for the ghosts and spirits will see you even there!”
Incorrect. The answer is d. Mozi’s story concluded with the following admonition: “Even in the deep valleys, the broad forests, the dark and distant places where no one lives, you must not fail to act with sincerity, for the ghosts and spirits will see you even there!”
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Question 22.3

Correct. The answer is c. Xunzi regarded instances in which a prayer was apparently answered or a ritual was apparently efficacious as nothing more than coincidence.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Xunzi regarded instances in which a prayer was apparently answered or a ritual was apparently efficacious as nothing more than coincidence.
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Question 22.4

Correct. The answer is c. Xunzi believed that the educated gentleman should view such ceremonies as ornaments, that is to say, worth participating in for social reasons rather than because they actually accomplished anything.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Xunzi believed that the educated gentleman should view such ceremonies as ornaments, that is to say, worth participating in for social reasons rather than because they actually accomplished anything.
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