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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 Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.
(a) Longest.
(b) Darkest.
(c) Full moon.
(d) Fourth.

2. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has dreamed reality.
(b) One who has eaten of the fruit.
(c) One who has awakened.
(d) One who has opened his heart.

3. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.
(a) Confession.
(b) Ritual sacrifice.
(c) Ordination.
(d) Purification.

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.
(a) Tantric.
(b) Japanese Zen.
(c) Theraveda.
(d) Tibetan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There are _____ Nikayas.

2. To the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.

3. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.

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

5. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.

(see the answer key)

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