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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. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.
(a) System of practices.
(b) Meditative state.
(c) Sangha.
(d) Creator God.

2. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.
(a) Thirst for.
(b) Chain reaction of.
(c) Hatred for.
(d) Denial of.

3. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Eating the fruit of knowledge.
(b) Crossing the ocean of existence.
(c) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.
(d) Reading from written scripture.

4. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Western.
(d) Eastern.

5. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Creed.
(b) Bible.
(c) Master.
(d) Sancturary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

2. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

3. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

4. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?

5. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.

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