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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. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Pain.
(b) Consternation.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Greed.

2. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.
(a) Symbolic.
(b) Ungraspable.
(c) Creative.
(d) Concrete.

3. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Mummufication.
(b) Cremation.
(c) Air sacrifice.
(d) Embalming.

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

5. Abhidharma captures the very essence of dharma, which means that its sound can almost operate as a _____.
(a) Warning.
(b) Vision.
(c) Smell.
(d) Spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

2. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

3. The subject of the monk Nagasena's story to the king is a _____.

4. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.

5. What does the word duhkha mean?

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