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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. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Bible.
(b) Master.
(c) Sancturary.
(d) Creed.

2. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Dependent arising.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Concentration.

3. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Pali.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Purdu.
(d) Bali.

4. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.
(a) Sangha.
(b) Meditative state.
(c) System of practices.
(d) Creator God.

5. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) The soul.
(b) Air.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from handling _____.

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

3. At the center of a cakra-vada is the great _____.

4. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.

5. The Sangha is a community of _____.

(see the answer key)

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