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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Evolving Traditions of Buddhism, South, East, North and West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Impatience.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Pain.
(d) Belief.

2. The Sangha is a community of _____.
(a) Lay women.
(b) Lay men.
(c) Noblemen.
(d) Ordained monks.

3. Atman is the Sanskrit word for self or _____.
(a) Here.
(b) Breath.
(c) Light.
(d) Contact.

4. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.
(a) Symbolic.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Creative.
(d) Ungraspable.

5. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.
(a) Canons.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Laws.
(d) Sacrifices.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Milindapanha records the meeting of a Buddhist monk and the local _____ king, Milinda or Menander.

2. All Buddhism knows the story of the ascetic, _____.

3. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

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

5. The life of the wandering monk assumes sufficient _____ of the surrounding community.

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