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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. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Zero.
(d) One.

2. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.
(a) Agama.
(b) Gautama.
(c) Asoka.
(d) Bhikkhu.

3. What are devas?
(a) Gods.
(b) Lay people.
(c) Artisans.
(d) Sacred singers.

4. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Oration.
(b) Text.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Community.

5. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.
(a) Coercive.
(b) Unreliable.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Collective.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nagas are mythical _____.

2. Abhidharma captures the very essence of dharma, which means that its sound can almost operate as a _____.

3. There are _____ Nikayas.

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

5. As a system of thought, Abhidharma is to be contrasted with the system of _____ of the Buddha.

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