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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Karma is a being's _____ of body, speech, and mind.
(a) Inward expression.
(b) Forced reactions.
(c) Outward denial.
(d) Intentional actions.

2. The subject of the monk Nagasena's story to the king is a _____.
(a) Chariot.
(b) Hut.
(c) Camel.
(d) Dog.

3. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.
(a) Singularities.
(b) Aggregates.
(c) Denial.
(d) Emotional espressions.

4. The great theme of the Perfection of Wisdom is _____.
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Leaving.
(c) Gladness.
(d) Striving.

5. In the Mahayana tradition, sutras set out the stages of the _____.
(a) Bodhisattva path.
(b) Planes of dharma.
(c) Karmic wheel.
(d) Levels of consciousness.

6. In terms of karma, one's state of mind is important and constitutes a _____.
(a) Real deed.
(b) Dharma.
(c) False promise.
(d) Sutra.

7. Some Budhdists believe that the idea of self is something conditioned by ____.
(a) Success.
(b) Continuity.
(c) Greed.
(d) Love.

8. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Iron.
(b) Gas.
(c) Gold.
(d) Water.

9. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Copper.
(b) The soul.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Air.

10. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Dependent arising.
(d) Concentration.

11. A Tathagata teaches that _____ has a beautiful beginning, a beautiful middle, and a beautiful ending.
(a) Sutra.
(b) Karma.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Vinaya.

12. Abhidharma captures the very essence of dharma, which means that its sound can almost operate as a _____.
(a) Warning.
(b) Smell.
(c) Spell.
(d) Vision.

13. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.
(a) Lower.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Raining.
(d) Higher.

14. _____ is the beginning of the Buddhist path.
(a) Birth.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Faith in the Buddha.
(d) Awakening.

15. The Buddha apparently approved of worship at _____.
(a) Sacrificial altars.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) City centers.
(d) Non-Buddhist shrines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The practice of the ten perfections constitutes the path of development ending in the tenth level, the _____.

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

3. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.

4. When he ascended to heaven after performing the miracle, under which tree did he sit to do his teaching?

5. To the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.

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