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

2. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.
(a) A creed.
(b) A defilement.
(c) False.
(d) Real.

3. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Embalming.
(b) Cremation.
(c) Air sacrifice.
(d) Mummufication.

4. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?
(a) Gautama.
(b) Boddhisatva.
(c) Sramana.
(d) Abhidharma.

5. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) Under his stables.
(b) Into a mound.
(c) Under his house.
(d) Into a well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.

2. The term sramana means _____.

3. The tradition of Mahayana Buddhism found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam is called _____ Buddhism.

4. What does the word duhkha mean?

5. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

(see the answer key)

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