Chinese Religion and Philosophy
Frank, 2012
Name:__________________________
Quiz
1.
You know you are failing a class. You are supposed to have a B average or above. When your
mom finds out, you will be in so much trouble! You decide to…
A. Respect the rule that your parents have about needing to take your education seriously.
Disobeying them would shame you and make you feel guilty.
B. Put in your headphones and try and think about something else. Finding inner peace is the
only way you are really going to get over this.
C. Just choose the simplest course of action; go home, tell them, and accept whatever
happens.
D. No matter what happens, you broke the rule of maintaining a B or above, and you know you
must face a punishment in order to keep order in your house. Rules are better than chaos.
I chose answer ___ because _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
2. You are at a friend’s house, and someone you have seen around at school is drinking beer and
smoking cigarettes. They offer some to you. You don’t know what to do, but you eventually
decide to…
A. Call the police. There are rules for a reason. This person could hurt themselves or others, and it
needs to be stopped.
B. Politely turn it down and leave. You want to feel at peace with your decision, and you know that
is the right choice.
C. Tell an older sibling. You do not want this person to get in trouble with the law, but you want an
older person who you respect to give you their opinion on what to do next time.
D. Tell the person no thanks and leave. You don’t want to put unnatural stuff in your body that
could make you feel sick or give you cancer. You like to feel balanced and healthy.
I chose answer ___ because _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
3. You are walking down the hall at school, and you find a wallet with $30 in it. There is an ID, and
you see it belongs to a teacher you had last year. You decide to…
A. Return the wallet to the teacher immediately. You respect this person because they are trying
to help people learn, and they deserve their money back.
B. You decide to just go with the flow. If the teacher comes up to you directly and asks if you have
seen it, you will give it back, but if not, you will keep the money. It’s not lying if you don’t have
to say anything.
Chinese Religion and Philosophy
Frank, 2012
Name:__________________________
Quiz
C. You will go directly to the front office and turn it in. You know somebody in the crowded hall
probably saw you find it, and you will surely be punished for your dishonesty. No detention for
you!
D. You go think about it for a few minutes. You decide that you like making good and noble
decisions, and you know that somehow this will benefit you in the future (what goes around,
comes around!)
I chose answer ___ because _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
4. Your older brother asks you to help him plagiarize an essay for his final exam. You know that if
he gets caught, both of you could get suspended from school. You decide to…
A. Help him copy the essay because he is your family, and he is older than you. You respect him as
your elder, and do what he asks.
B. Tell your mom so that he gets in trouble before he gets a chance to turn it in. You cannot let
him break such an important rule. It is better that he gets in trouble now, than break the rule
later.
C. Try to convince him not to copy the essay by telling him you will help him write it the correct
way. That is the moral and right thing to do.
D. Let your brother do whatever he wants. You don’t want to stand in his way because the two of
you are always opposite and you balance each other out.
I chose answer ___ because _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.