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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Abhidharma, The Higher Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his awakening, the Buddha was thought to still have an attachment to the _____ of awakening.
(a) Tree.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Sound.
(d) Seat.

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

3. As a system of thought, Abhidharma is to be contrasted with the system of _____ of the Buddha.
(a) Sutras.
(b) Samsara.
(c) Soma.
(d) Karma.

4. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.
(a) Ritual sacrifice.
(b) Ordination.
(c) Confession.
(d) Purification.

5. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.
(a) The use of fire.
(b) The use of hallucingens.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) Human sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.

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

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

5. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.

(see the answer key)

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