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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) Feeling.
(b) Seat.
(c) Tree.
(d) Sound.

2. The dhyanas are levels of _____.
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Existence.
(d) Monkdom.

3. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.
(a) Reversed.
(b) Conditioned.
(c) Broken.
(d) Opened.

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

5. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Eons.
(b) Centuries.
(c) Seconds.
(d) Millenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Earlier texts state that the universe as a whole comprises a vast number of _____.

2. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.

3. Nagas are mythical _____.

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

5. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.

(see the answer key)

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