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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. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Repeating.
(b) Throwing.
(c) Grasping.
(d) Repealing.

2. The Nikayama/Agama are collections of sutras or _____.
(a) Canons.
(b) Discourses.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Disputes.

3. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Attitude.
(b) Aversion.
(c) Dispersion.
(d) Conversion.

4. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Purdu.
(b) Pali.
(c) Bali.
(d) Urdu.

5. How old is Buddhism?
(a) Two and a half millennia.
(b) A thousand years.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Ten thousand years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

2. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.

3. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.

4. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

5. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?

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