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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Mahayana, The Great Vehicle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The four _____ are from the realm of the Supreme Gods.
(a) Contented Gods.
(b) Great Brahmas.
(c) Yama Gods.
(d) Gods who Delight in Creation.

2. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Ten.
(b) Zero.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) One.

3. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Tenjur.
(b) Tripitaka.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Pali.

4. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Eons.
(b) Seconds.
(c) Millenia.
(d) Centuries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some of the teachings of the Buddha are expressed in conventional terms, and others are expressed in _____ terms.

2. The life of the wandering monk assumes sufficient _____ of the surrounding community.

3. Where was the Bodhisattva when he considered when and where to be born to teach as the Buddha?

4. Earlier texts state that the universe as a whole comprises a vast number of _____.

5. The term sramana means _____.

(see the answer key)

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