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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 term sramana means _____.
(a) One who strives.
(b) One who eats fruit.
(c) One who breathes life.
(d) One who sits.

2. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.
(a) Highest insight.
(b) Least resistance.
(c) Purification.
(d) Dependence.

3. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Creed.
(b) Sancturary.
(c) Bible.
(d) Master.

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

5. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) A soapstone vase.
(b) An ivory talisman.
(c) A quartz ball.
(d) A bronze statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word bodhi means _____.

2. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.

3. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.

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

5. The word sutra literally means _____.

(see the answer key)

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