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

2. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.
(a) Disintegration.
(b) Communicationt.
(c) Attachment.
(d) Detachment.

3. To the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.
(a) Sutta.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Karma.
(d) Brahman.

4. The word bodhi means _____.
(a) Saint.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Awakening.
(d) Wanderer.

5. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) A soapstone vase.
(b) An ivory talisman.
(c) A bronze statue.
(d) A quartz ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.

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

3. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.

4. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.

5. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.

(see the answer key)

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