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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. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Brahmin.
(b) Hellenist.
(c) Bihar.
(d) Mauryan.

2. There are _____ Nikayas.
(a) Ninety-nine.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Four.

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

4. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Reading from written scripture.
(b) Eating the fruit of knowledge.
(c) Crossing the ocean of existence.
(d) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.

5. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Canons.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

3. What does the word buddha mean?

4. The word trsna means _____.

5. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.

(see the answer key)

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