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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.
(a) Soul.
(b) Heart.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Mind.

2. Death is simply a _____ of events.
(a) Distraction from.
(b) Recurrence.
(c) Continuation.
(d) Reconfiguration.

3. Gandharvas are celestial _____.
(a) Actors.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Musicians.

4. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Mental phenomena.
(b) Physical phenomena.
(c) Externally-caused phenomena.
(d) Auditory phenomena.

5. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Release.
(c) Abhidharma.
(d) Painful.

6. Much of Buddhist thought is not so much concerned with walking the eightfold path as with _____ the eightfold path.
(a) Running.
(b) Finding.
(c) Destroying.
(d) Avoiding.

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

8. Good conduct is seen in Buddhism as auspicious action or _____.
(a) Speaking.
(b) Merit.
(c) Faith.
(d) Praise.

9. The four _____ are from the realm of the Supreme Gods.
(a) Gods who Delight in Creation.
(b) Contented Gods.
(c) Great Brahmas.
(d) Yama Gods.

10. Samsara is _____.
(a) Heaven.
(b) Chakra light source.
(c) Death.
(d) The round of rebirth.

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

12. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.
(a) Samsaras.
(b) Skandhas.
(c) Suttas.
(d) Stupas.

13. The moment of attaining one of the paths and fruits of stream-attainment is called _____.
(a) Ahetuka.
(b) Jhana.
(c) Vipaka.
(d) Kusala.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the Buddha teach dharma after he performed the miracle after his awakening?

2. Nagas are mythical _____.

3. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

4. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.

5. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?

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