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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. What does the word duhkha mean?
(a) Control.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Power.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.
(a) Perfumes.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) Skin oils.
(d) Shampoo.

3. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who breathes life.
(b) One who eats fruit.
(c) One who sits.
(d) One who strives.

4. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.
(a) Laws.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Canons.
(d) Sacrifices.

5. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Mauryan.
(b) Brahmin.
(c) Bihar.
(d) Hellenist.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.

2. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.

3. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.

4. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.

5. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

(see the answer key)

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