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

2. To understand the duhkha is precisely to reach the _____ of the world.
(a) Importance.
(b) Actions.
(c) Destinations.
(d) Limits.

3. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Air sacrifice.
(b) Cremation.
(c) Embalming.
(d) Mummufication.

4. Atman is the Sanskrit word for self or _____.
(a) Contact.
(b) Here.
(c) Breath.
(d) Light.

5. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.
(a) Impermanence.
(b) Orientation.
(c) Suddenness.
(d) Completeness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The notion of self is born of _____.

5. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.

(see the answer key)

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