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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, No Self, Personal Continuity and Dependent Arising.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Dispersion.
(b) Conversion.
(c) Attitude.
(d) Aversion.

2. The Vinaya contains _____ for the corporate acts of the monastic collective.
(a) Regulations.
(b) Presentations.
(c) Allegories.
(d) Historical perspective.

3. One of a monk's four basic resources is lodging _____.
(a) At the bend in the river.
(b) In a lay person's house.
(c) In a cave.
(d) At the foot of a tree.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from handling _____.
(a) Gold and silver.
(b) Copper and lead.
(c) Cadmium and titanium.
(d) Nickel and iron.

5. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.
(a) An order.
(b) A prison.
(c) A holy book.
(d) A ritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____.

3. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from eating _____.

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

5. There are _____ Nikayas.

(see the answer key)

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