The Foundations of Buddhism Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Rupert Gethin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Foundations of Buddhism Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Rupert Gethin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Four Truths, The Disease, the Cause, the Cure, the Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Cremation.
(b) Mummufication.
(c) Embalming.
(d) Air sacrifice.

2. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Purdu.
(b) Pali.
(c) Bali.
(d) Urdu.

3. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 100 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 2 billion.
(d) 20 million.

4. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Throwing.
(b) Repeating.
(c) Grasping.
(d) Repealing.

5. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.
(a) Separate.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Common.
(d) Modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.

2. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.

3. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.

4. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

5. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

(see the answer key)

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