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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 various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Sanskrit.
(b) Prakrit.
(c) Taisho.
(d) Pali.

2. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.
(a) Communism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

3. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.
(a) Extreme.
(b) Separate.
(c) Modern.
(d) Common.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.

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

4. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

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

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