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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. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.
(a) Fire ritual.
(b) Communial recitation.
(c) Vedic sacrifice.
(d) Silent meditation.

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

3. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Prehistoric.
(b) Modern.
(c) Dialectic.
(d) Tantric.

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

5. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.
(a) Commoners.
(b) Boddhis.
(c) Novices.
(d) Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three defilements are also known as _____.

2. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

3. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

4. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

5. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.

(see the answer key)

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