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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. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.
(a) Abhidharma.
(b) Painful.
(c) Release.
(d) Nirvana.

2. What are stupas?
(a) Indian writings.
(b) Indian prayer rites.
(c) Indian burial mounds.
(d) Indian saints.

3. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Discipline.
(b) Text.
(c) Oration.
(d) Community.

4. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.
(a) Chain reaction of.
(b) Denial of.
(c) Hatred for.
(d) Thirst for.

5. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.
(a) Discarded rags.
(b) Sheets of bleached cotton.
(c) Red-dyed wool.
(d) Hemp.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word sutra literally means _____.

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

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

4. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.

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

(see the answer key)

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