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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. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.
(a) Communicationt.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Disintegration.
(d) Detachment.

2. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Luxemberg.

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

4. The word trsna means _____.
(a) Soul.
(b) Thirst.
(c) God.
(d) Conduit.

5. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.
(a) Ritual oblation.
(b) Monastic rules.
(c) Common language.
(d) Vegan laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.

3. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

4. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.

5. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.

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