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Question 1

Asceticism in ancient Indian religion
 
  a. served as a substitute for sacrificial practices as a means to placate and communicate with the gods.
  b. enabled priests to facilitate communication between believers and the gods.
  c. was the practice of self-mutilation to communicate with the gods.
  d. provided means of firmly establishing one's experiences apart from the realm of spiritual meditative processes.
  e. reduced food consumption, as desired by Ashoka.

Question 2

According to Japanese creation myths, how did Japan come to be?
 
  a. Via a battle between the warring gods Izanami and Amaterasu
  b. Through the marriage of the god Izanagi and the goddess Izanami
  c. When the goddess Ameratsu breathed life into the islands that form Japan
  d. When the deities sent two sister goddesses to preside over the land and sea
  e. Through a great flood, similar to the stories of Noah and Gilgamesh



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