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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Four Truths, The Disease, the Cause, the Cure, the Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Prehistoric.
(b) Tantric.
(c) Dialectic.
(d) Modern.

2. The word sutra literally means _____.
(a) Thread.
(b) Conduit.
(c) River.
(d) Vapor.

3. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.
(a) Success.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Conditions.
(d) Life.

4. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.
(a) Reactions.
(b) Separation.
(c) Conditions.
(d) Boredom.

5. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Prakrit.
(b) Taisho.
(c) Pali.
(d) Sanskrit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.

2. What are stupas?

3. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

4. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.

5. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.

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