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

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

3. The three defilements are also known as _____.
(a) Fires.
(b) Storms.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Stars.

4. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.
(a) Singularities.
(b) Emotional espressions.
(c) Aggregates.
(d) Denial.

5. The Milindapanha records the meeting of a Buddhist monk and the local _____ king, Milinda or Menander.
(a) Bactrian Greek.
(b) Albanian.
(c) Byzantine.
(d) Greco-Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Bodhisattva when he considered when and where to be born to teach as the Buddha?

2. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.

3. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.

4. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.

5. The term sramana means _____.

(see the answer key)

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