AP World History MCQ Practice — Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (1200–1450) (Part A)¶
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- 题目数量：40 道选择题（Multiple Choice Questions）
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- 覆盖范围：Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (1200–1450)
- 本部分：Part A（40 题）
P1-Q1. “Seeing that it is a girl’s destiny, on reaching womanhood, to go to a new home, and live in submission to her father-in-law and mother-in-law, it is even more incumbent upon her than it is on a boy to receive with all reverence her parents’ instructions. Should her parents, through excess of tenderness, allow her to grow up self-willed, she will infallibly show herself capricious and thus alienate his affection.” Kaibara Ekken, Japanese author, Greater Learning for Women, 1716 The excerpt above exemplifies the continued influence on eighteenth-century Japan of which of the following?
(A) The Christian tradition of children respecting their parents (B) The Buddhist encouragement of female spirituality (C) The Islamic practice of women appearing modestly in public (D) The Confucian emphasis on filial submission
Answer: (D)
P1-Q2. “The commercial area of the capital extends from the old Qing River market to the Southern Commons and to the city border on the north. . . . Some famous fabric stores sell exquisite brocade fabric and fine silk, which are unsurpassed elsewhere in the country. . . . Most other cities can only boast of one special product; what makes the capital unique is that it gathers goods from all places. Furthermore, because of the large population and the busy commercial traffic, there is a demand for everything.” Description of Hangzhou, capital of the southern Song dynasty, circa 1235 C.E. Which of the following assertions in the description of Hangzhou above would be most difficult to verify?
(A) That Hangzhou had a large population (B) That the merchandise sold in Hangzhou was of higher quality than that sold in other Chinese cities (C) That the merchants of Hangzhou imported goods from many other places (D) That Hangzhou had a large market district
Answer: (B)
P1-Q3. “Women leave their families to marry, and the husband is the master of the household they marry into. . . . The husband is to be firm, the wife soft; conjugal affections follow from this. While at home, the two of you should treat each other with the formality and reserve of a guest. Listen carefully to and obey whatever your husband tells you. If he does something wrong, gently correct him. Don’t be like those women who not only do not correct their husbands but actually lead them into indecent ways.” Wife of a Tang dynasty official The excerpt above best illustrates which of the following attributes of Confucianism?
(A) The equality of all members of the family (B) The power of wives over their husbands outside the home (C) The virtues and duties of family members (D) The legitimacy of selling women to worthy families
Answer: (C)
P2-Q4. Abbasid reliance on Persian bureaucrats and the introduction of Confucianism to Japanese political institutions both illustrate which of the following processes?
(A) The integration of conquered peoples into existing social and political structures (B) The synthesis of foreign political traditions in the formation of new states (C) The influence of complex semireligious philosophies (D) The diffusion of cultural ideals as trading networks grew in complexity
Answer: (B)
P2-Q5. All of the following were part of the Confucian social order EXCEPT
(A) loyalty to the ruler (B) filial obedience to one’s father (C) respect for the old (D) chastity by wives (E) chastity by husbands
Answer: (E)
P2-Q6. The increased food production accompanying the introduction of Champa rice into China from Vietnam during the eleventh century best illustrates which of the following?
(A) The reliance of China on food imports (B) The importance of Vietnam to the world economy (C) The stimulation of agriculture by technological innovation (D) The influence of China on neighboring societies
Answer: (C)
“Emperor Zhengzong, being deeply concerned with agriculture, came to know that the Champa rice was drought resistant and that the green lentils of India were famous for their heavy yield and large seeds. Special envoys, bringing precious things, were dispatched with a view to securing these varieties.... When the first harvests were reaped in the autumn, the emperor called his closest ministers to taste them and compose poems for Champa rice and Indian green lentils.” Shu Wenying, Buddhist monk, China, eleventh century C.E.
P2-Q7. Which of the following made possible the Chinese cultivation of the staple crops described in the passage?
(A) The creation of new forms of governance in China during the Song dynasty (B) The intensification of regional trade networks in East and South Asia (C) The diffusion of Buddhism into China (D) The creation of diasporic trade communities along the Silk Road
Answer: (B)
P3-Q8. The activities of the state described in the passage are consistent with which of the following Song dynasty policies?
(A) Increasing state investment in economic development, such as improving the Grand Canal (B) State-sponsored maritime expeditions in the Indian Ocean, such as those led by Zheng He (C) Tribute exchanges with Central Asian peoples, such as the Mongols (D) Revival of traditional Chinese forms of learning, such as Neoconfucianism
Answer: (A)
TWO SCENES FROM SOWING AND REAPING, A YUAN-DYNASTY (CIRCA 1350) COPY OF A SONG- DYNASTY (CIRCA 1150) ILLUSTRATED SCROLL ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF RICE CULTIVATION IN CHINA. Image 1: Purchase, W. M. Keck Foundation Gift and other gifts, in memory of Douglas Dillon, 2005 Workers irrigating a rice field by powering a mechanical water wheel with their feet Image 2: Purchase, W. M. Keck Foundation Gift and other gifts, in memory of Douglas Dillon, 2005 Men, women, and children harvesting rice
P5-Q9. Image 1 best illustrates which of the following features of the Chinese economy in the period 1200 to 1450 ?
(A) Technological innovations increased agricultural yields. (B) The government sponsored land reforms. (C) Confucian policies guided the way agrarian labor was performed. (D) Improvements in manufacturing techniques resulted in increased handicraft production.
Answer: (A)
P5-Q10. The activity depicted in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following characteristics of China’s economy before 1450 ?
(A) The influence of Confucian labor policies (B) The impact of innovations borrowed from surrounding states (C) The reliance on systems of peasant labor (D) The dependence on trade along the Silk Roads
Answer: (C)
P5-Q11. In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?
(A) All successfully excluded European merchants. (B) All were conquered by the Mongols. (C) All rejected both Buddhism and Christianity. (D) All were culturally influenced by China.
Answer: (D)
P6-Q12. Which of the following is a key philosophical and religious element of Daoism?
(A) Respect for one's ancestors as critical to proper behavior (B) Unquestioning obedience to the ruler (C) Belief in the Mandate of Heaven (D) Emphasis on harmony between humanity and nature (E) Precedence of duty to one’s family over all other obligations
Answer: (D)
P6-Q13. Which of the following best explains the changes in China’s population shown in the table above?
(A) Immigration to China increased due to religious persecution of Buddhists in India and Southeast Asia. (B) Agricultural output increased as a result of the use of the new crop strains, iron plows, and expanded irrigation. (C) Less warfare with neighboring states and nomadic peoples also meant fewer casualties in wars and a population increase. (D) The Confucian emphasis on the importance of family led many Chinese to have more children.
Answer: (B)
P6-Q14. Which of the following best supports the conclusion that Japan borrowed extensively from Tang and Song China?
(A) Japan had established a decentralized power structure under a shogun by the eleventh century C.E. (B) Warriors or samurai gained substantial power and social status in Japan. (C) Societal relations in Japan were based on Confucian principles of hierarchy. (D) The Shinto religion continued to exert a strong influence on Japanese culture.
Answer: (C)
P6-Q15. Which of the following has the greatest manufacturing capacity during the time period 1000 to 1450 ?
(A) Japan (B) India (C) China (D) Western Europe (E) Russia
Answer: (C)
LIU GUANDAO, YUAN DYNASTY CHINESE COURT PAINTER, WHILING AWAY THE SUMMER, PAINTED SCROLL, CIRCA 1280 The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo The image depicts a Chinese Confucian scholar and two female attendants.
P7-Q16. Which of the following historical continuities is best reflected in the image?
(A) Chinese art reflected European methods of painting. (B) Chinese art continued to emphasize traditional subjects and styles. (C) Chinese art incorporated elements of Central Asian nomadic life. (D) Chinese art continued to stress the importance of technological innovation.
Answer: (B)
P7-Q17. In addition to China, the cultural tradition alluded to in Liu Guandao’s painting strongly influenced the society and culture of
(A) the Ottoman Empire (B) India (C) Persia (D) Korea
Answer: (D)
P8-Q18. The Chinese concept “Mandate of Heaven” was sometimes used to justify
(A) widow immolation (B) reincarnation (C) monogamy (D) rebellion (E) foot binding
Answer: (D)
“[Under the Song dynasty], the number of men who were granted degrees [by passing the imperial examinations] suddenly rose, indicating a similar rise in the number of candidates. This was made possible by an increase in China’s productive power and the consequent accumulation of wealth. . . . A new class appeared in China [under the Song], comparable to the middle class in early modern Europe. In China this newly risen class concentrated hard on scholarship. . . .
In principle [the examination system] was open to all qualified applicants regardless of social background, which made it unusually democratic. . . . But for a candidate to continue his studies without interruption for such a long period required a measure of economic support that was simply not available to poor people. . . . [Thus] the contention that the doors of the examination system were open to all applicants was an exaggeration, of course. . . . [Yet] we must not lose sight of the historical context: the very idea that everyone should be eligible for the examinations, regardless of family background or lineage, was incomparably forward-looking in its day. . . . It is true that the examinations not only produced officials loyal to the state but also, at times, resentful rejected applicants who opposed the system. Yet, when an old dynasty was replaced by a new, the latter usually undertook an early revival of the examination system practically unchanged.” Ichisada Miyazaki, historian, China’s Examination Hell, book published in 1963
P8-Q19. All of the following developments in Song dynasty China were important factors in the accumulation of wealth outlined in the first paragraph EXCEPT
(A) increased Chinese involvement in the Indian Ocean trade (B) an increase in agricultural production in China (C) increased Chinese production of manufactured goods (D) an increase in technological innovations in China
Answer: (A)
P8-Q20. Which of the following statements from the second paragraph most directly supports the claim that the examination system strengthened the Chinese states?
(A) The statement that most successful candidates “required a measure of economic support that was simply not available to poor people” (B) The statement that “when an old dynasty was replaced by a new, the latter usually undertook an early revival of the examination system practically unchanged” (C) The statement that “the examinations not only produced officials loyal to the state but also, at times, resentful rejected applicants who opposed the system” (D) The statement that “the very idea that everyone should be eligible for the examinations . . . was incomparably forward-looking in its day”
Answer: (B)
P8-Q21. Which of the following best describes the author’s claim about the Chinese examination system in the second paragraph?
(A) The system provided limited but important opportunities for social advancement in Chinese society. (B) The system strongly reinforced rigid class distinctions between nobles and commoners in Chinese society. (C) By offering opportunities to female scholars, the system elevated the prestige of women in Chinese society. (D) By encouraging conformism and obedience, the system prevented efforts to reform and modernize Chinese society in the nineteenth century.
Answer: (A)
P9-Q22. Which of the following developments best explains why many historians argue that the Song dynasty period (960-1279 C.E.) was pivotal in the development of China as an economic world power?
(A) The widespread use of gunpowder technology in combat began during the Song period. (B) The invention of movable-type printing took place during the Song period. (C) The Neoconfucian synthesis of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism was completed during the Song period. (D) China’s population doubled and Chinese urban centers experienced massive growth during the Song period.
Answer: (D)
P10-Q1. “What they [the Franks] learned from the Arabs wasindispensible in their subsequent expansion. The heritage of Greek civilization was transmitted through Arab intermediaries. In medicine, astronomy, chemistry, geography, mathematics, and architecture, the [Franks] drew their knowledge from Arabic books, which they assimilated, imitated, and then surpassed. . . . In the realm of industry, the Europeans first learned and then improved upon the processes used by the Arabs in papermaking, leather-working, textiles, and the distillation of alcohol and sugar.” Amin Maalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, 1984 The passage above best illustrates which of the following?
(A) Muslims’ examination of their own cultural and economic decline after the Crusades (B) The debt the Arab world owed Europe for preserving Arab scientific knowledge and cultural history (C) The reason European industrial expertise far surpassed that of the Arab world (D) The effects of interregional contact on the development of European culture and technology
Answer: (D)
P10-Q2. Reprinted with the permission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC. The type of wall decoration illustrated above would most commonly be found in a
(A) stupa (B) mosque (C) cathedral (D) temple (E) marketplace
Answer: (B)
P11-Q3. The photograph above shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?
(A) Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings. (B) Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam. (C) Islam spread to China before Buddhism did. (D) Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.
Answer: (A)
“If it were asked, why do we accept the theory of contagion, when already the divine law has refuted the notion of contagion, we will answer: The existence of contagion has been proved by experience, deduction, the senses, observation, and by unanimous reports. And it is not a secret to whoever has looked into this matter or has come to be aware of it that those who come into contact with plague patients mostly die, while those who do not come into contact survive. And amidst the horrible afflictions that the plague has imposed upon the people, God has afflicted the people with some learned religious scholars who issue fatwas against fleeing the plague, so that the quills with which the scholars wrote these fatwas were like swords upon which the Muslims died. In conclusion, to ignore the proofs of plague contagion is an indecency and an affront to God and holds cheap the lives of Muslims.” rulings on Islamic law Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, A Very Useful Inquiry into the Horrible Sickness, Granada, Spain, 1349–1352
P12-Q4. The passage by al-Khatib best illustrates which of the following?
(A) The literary tradition of long-distance travelers in the Islamic world (B) The growth of scientific thought and innovation in Muslim Spain (C) The impact of Christian attempts to reconquer Spain from the Muslims (D) The efforts of Islamic missionaries to spread their faith along trade routes
Answer: (B)
TYPICAL SAILING ROUTES AND SCHEDULES OF OMANI MERCHANTS TRAVELING TO EAST AFRICA AND CHINA FROM MUSCAT, CIRCA 1400 C.E.
P13-Q5. Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?
(A) It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes. (B) It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks. (C) It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade. (D) It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions.
Answer: (A)
“My father moved to Bukhara [in Central Asia] and was entrusted with governing one of the estates of a Persian ruler. My father provided me with a teacher to study the Qur’an and a teacher for literature. My father was influenced by Shi‘a propaganda, and he would appeal to me to accept it, but my soul would not. In my household, there was also talk of philosophy, geometry, and Indian calculation,[1]and my father sent me to a vegetable seller who used Indian calculation and so I studied with him.
Around that time my father hired an Arab scholar to teach me philosophy. I learned about Aristotle. I read the Greek geometrician Euclid and read the Greek astronomical and mathematical treatise called the Almagest. I devoted myself to studying the texts—the Greek original and the Muslim commentaries—in the natural sciences and metaphysics.
Next I sought to know medicine and so I read books on it. I excelled in a very short period of time so that distinguished physicians began to study the science of medicine under me.” Abu Ali ibn Sina, Sunni intellectual and physician, autobiography, early eleventh century 1 Muslim scholars frequently referred to algebra as Indian calculation.
P13-Q6. As described in the passage, the cultural influences in Bukhara are most directly a legacy of which of the following?
(A) Interactions between Muslims and Hindus following the spread of Islam into northern India (B) The influence of Chinese culture and statecraft in the early caliphates (C) Cross-cultural interactions following the spread of the Safavid Empire (D) The role of western European merchants in bringing Classical Greco-Roman knowledge to the Muslim world
Answer: (A)
P13-Q7. The religious differences between Ibn Sina and his father, as described in the first paragraph, most directly reflect the legacy of which of the following?
(A) A dispute over the legal status of non-Muslims (B) A dispute over who was the rightful caliph (C) A dispute over whether the Qur’an was literally the word of God (D) A dispute over whether Mecca or Jerusalem was the holiest city in the Islamic world
Answer: (B)
P13-Q8. Which of the following most likely explains why Muslims such as Ibn Sina would have been interested in studying the philosophical ideas discussed in the second paragraph?
(A) The adoption of Greek ideas of republican and democratic governance shaped the early development of the Islamic caliphate. (B) The use of observation and logic in studying the natural world was part of a Muslim intellectual tradition. (C) Muslim intellectuals were heavily influenced by polytheistic mystery religions. (D) Greco-Roman concepts of rigid social and ethnic hierarchies heavily influenced the early Muslim community.
Answer: (B)
P14-Q9. The translations and works of Muslim scholars such as Ibn Sina became influential in Europe in the period before 1450 most directly as a result of
(A) the flourishing of trading cities along the Silk Roads in Central Asia (B) political fragmentation and decentralization in medieval Europe (C) cultural exchanges between Christians and Muslims in the Mediterranean region (D) the fall of Constantinople to the expanding Ottoman Empire
Answer: (C)
THE CONSTELLATION HERCULES, NAMED AFTER AN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHICAL HERO. PAGE FROM A 1430 COPY OF THE BOOK OF FIXED STARS, AN ASTRONOMY BOOK WRITTEN BY A TENTH- CENTURY MUSLIM SCIENTIST This copy of The Book of Fixed Stars was made for the ruler of the Timurid dynasty, a Turkic state that controlled much of Central Asia during the fifteenth century. The dots scattered across the figure indicate individual stars and the symbols next to the dots indicate the stars’ relative brightness, as observed by Muslim astronomers.
P16-Q10. The sponsoring of scholarship by Turkic dynasties, such as the Timurids, best shows that, in the period circa 1200–1450, scholarly activities in the Muslim world continued despite the
(A) conquest of Baghdad by the European Crusaders (B) expansion of the Song dynasty into Muslim Central Asia (C) Byzantine reconquest of Palestine and Lebanon (D) fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate
Answer: (D)
P16-Q11. Muslim scholars’ incorporation of cultural and intellectual influences from pre-Islamic societies can best be used as evidence that
(A) most educated Muslims continued to speak European languages well into the fifteenth century (B) European merchants had established trade outposts throughout Muslim Central Asia (C) Muslim scientists rejected the contributions of scientists from other cultures as heretical (D) Muslim states and empires were central to the processes of intellectual transfer in Eurasia
Answer: (D)
P16-Q12. Muslim scientists in the period before 1450 C.E. generally participated in intellectual and scholarly exchanges with neighboring cultures by
(A) being the recipients of funding from foreign rulers (B) serving strictly as copyists of earlier works that otherwise would have been lost (C) expanding upon the legacy of earlier scientific works by conducting their own research (D) learning from the superior scientific knowledge of medieval western European scientists
Answer: (C)
P16-Q13. Judaism is based on the belief in
(A) a covenant between God and the Hebrew people (B) nature as a life force in an orderly and just universe (C) faith alone with few rituals or rules of behavior (D) a rejection of this world and its cares (E) eternal punishment for nonbelievers
Answer: (A)
“When the Mongols arrived, they took the great and famous city of Baghdad, filled with many people and rare treasures, a countless amount of gold and silver. They seized the Caliph, the lord of Baghdad, and brought him before Hulegu Khan. Then Hulegu ordered the Caliph thrown into prison for three days without bread or water. After three days, Hulegu ordered the Caliph brought before him and asked: ‘What kind of person are you?’ The Caliph answered angrily, ‘Is this your humanity that I have been living in hunger for three days?’ Previously the Caliph had told the citizens of Baghdad: ‘Be not afraid; even if the Mongols come, I will carry the banner of Islam through the gates so the Mongol horsemen shall all flee and we will be saved.’ Hulegu heard this and was very angry. Then he ordered a plate of gold brought and put before the Caliph. Hulegu said, ‘This is gold; eat so your hunger and thirst will pass. . . .’ The Caliph retorted, ‘Man is not saved by gold, but by bread, meat, and wine.’ Hulegu said to the Caliph: ‘Since you know that man is not saved by dry gold, why did you not send this much gold to me when I asked for tribute? Then I would not have come to plunder your city. . . . But you sat there eating and drinking.’ Then Hulegu ordered him to be thrown at the feet of his troops, and they killed the Caliph of the Arabs.” Grigor of Akanc, Thirteenth-century Armenian historian, History of the Nation of the Archers, describing the sack of Baghdad in 1258
P17-Q14. As alluded to in the passage, the economic condition of Baghdad before the Mongol conquest is best explained by which of the following?
(A) The establishment of diasporic merchant communities along the Eurasian trade routes introduced new cultural traditions into the indigenous communities. (B) The expansion of the Abbasid Caliphate facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade and drew peoples into Islamic trade networks. (C) The establishment of Turkic rule in Central Asia and the Middle East stimulated urban and agrarian development and expansion. (D) The expansion of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of new merchant networks greatly increased commercial wealth in Iran and Iraq.
Answer: (B)
Source 1 Women, a warning. Leave not your homes without good reason You may go out to get food or to seek education. In Islam, it is a religious duty to seek knowledge Women may leave their homes freely for this. Repent and behave like respectable married women You must obey your husbands’ lawful demands. You must dress modestly and be God-fearing. Any woman who refuses, receives no benefit, The merciful Lord will punish her. I have written this poem as a warning For you to put to good use in the community of believers. Nana Asma’u, Nigerian Muslim princess and daughter of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, poem, 1856
Source 2 Girls used to be exchanged for a herd of camels and goats. But the religion we learned and the Qur’an do not allow this. Today we have no need for men who sell what they do not own And for this old-fashioned trading of women. First get some education and learn how to read and write. Don’t try to turn back people who have woken up! Somali oral poem expressing a woman’s perspective, circa 1960
P18-Q15. In Source 1 the author’s discussion of “respectable married women” most directly reflects which of the following continuities in the Islamic world?
(A) Islamic teachings continued to encourage tolerance of other religious groups. (B) Islamic teachings continued to encourage women to attend religious schools. (C) Islamic teachings continued to emphasize traditional male dominance. (D) Islamic teachings continued to emphasize the connection between political and religious authority.
Answer: (C)
SAILING SHIP ON THE INDIAN OCEAN CARRYING PILGRIMS TO MECCA, MINIATURE ILLUSTRATION FROM A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT Abu Zayd and Al-Harith sailing, miniature from Maqamat of al-Hariri (1054–1122), manuscript 5847, folio 119, verso, 1237, 13th century / Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France / De Agostini Picture Library / Bridgeman Images
P19-Q16. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the travel depicted in the illustration?
(A) To convert peoples of other faiths to Islam (B) To create diasporic merchant communities (C) To recruit soldiers for the Caliphate (D) To bind diverse communities to a common tradition
Answer: (D)
P20-Q1. The photograph above of Angkor Wat in Cambodia is an example of
(A) the spread of Islam to Southeast Asia (B) the wealth created by the spice trade (C) Japanese architecture (D) Hindu influence in Southeast Asia (E) the Chinese reconquest of Indochina
Answer: (D)
“Let the blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his companions universally. In the year 1640 C.E. I wanted to behold the mystics of every sect, to hear the lofty expressions of monotheism, and to cast my eyes upon many books of mysticism. I, therefore, examined the Book of Moses, the Gospels, and the Psalms. Among the Hindus, the best of their heavenly books, which contain all the secrets of pure monotheism, are called the Upanishads. Because I do not know Sanskrit, I wanted to make an exact and literal translation of the Upanishads into Persian. For the Upanishads are a treasure of monotheism and there are few thoroughly conversant with them even among the Indians. Thereby I also wanted to make the texts accessible to Muslims. I assembled Hindu scholars and ascetics to help with the translation. Every sublime topic that I had desired or thought and had looked for and not found, I obtained from these most ancient books, the source and the fountainhead of the ocean of religious unity, in conformity with the holy Qur’an.” Persian was the primary language used at the Mughal court. Dara Shikoh, son of the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan, account of the translation of the Upanishads into Persian, 1657 C.E.
P21-Q2. Based on the passage, which of the following most strongly influenced Dara Shikoh’s religious views?
(A) Shi‘ism (B) Sufism (C) Buddhism (D) Zoroastrianism
Answer: (B)
P21-Q3. Dara Shikoh’s views about the value of the Upanishads, as expressed in the second paragraph, are most likely based on which of the following features of Hinduism?
(A) The belief in the cycle of rebirth (B) The belief in an ultimate universal principle (C) The belief in numerous gods and goddesses (D) The belief in the potential for the liberation of the soul
Answer: (B)
P21-Q4. I am imperishable time; The Creator whose face is everywhere; Death that devours all things; The source of all things to come The god Krishna speaks, Bhagavad Gita, Vedic sacred text, circa fifth century to second century B.C.E. The excerpt above best represents which aspect of Hinduism?
(A) The desire to escape worldly suffering (B) The cyclical nature of death and rebirth (C) The belief in karma (D) The importance of caste
Answer: (B)