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

2. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Evangelistic.
(b) Strict.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Fragmented.

3. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Oration.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Community.
(d) Text.

4. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.
(a) Dharma.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Karma.
(d) India.

5. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.
(a) Monk.
(b) Commentator.
(c) Spokesman.
(d) Renouncer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

2. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

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

4. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

5. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.

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