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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Buddhist Path, The Way of Calm and Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.
(a) Angel.
(b) Astral traveler.
(c) Animal.
(d) Argonaut.

2. The word bodhi means _____.
(a) Saint.
(b) Awakening.
(c) Wanderer.
(d) Sleeping.

3. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Taisho.
(b) Prakrit.
(c) Pali.
(d) Sanskrit.

4. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who strives.
(b) One who sits.
(c) One who breathes life.
(d) One who eats fruit.

5. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.
(a) Hemp.
(b) Red-dyed wool.
(c) Discarded rags.
(d) Sheets of bleached cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from taking _____.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from false _____.

3. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

4. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.

5. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

(see the answer key)

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