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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 river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.
(a) The Krishna.
(b) The Ganges.
(c) The Euphrates.
(d) The Tigris.

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

3. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.
(a) Sudras.
(b) Stupas.
(c) Dharmas.
(d) Aryas.

4. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.
(a) Mnemonic.
(b) Canonic.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Kenjonic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

2. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

3. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

4. One of a monk's four basic resources is medicine made of _____.

5. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

(see the answer key)

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