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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 ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____.
(a) Eating with utensils.
(b) Eating rice.
(c) Harming living creatures.
(d) Walking with shoes on.

2. The three defilements are also known as _____.
(a) Rivers.
(b) Stars.
(c) Storms.
(d) Fires.

3. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.
(a) The use of hallucingens.
(b) Human sacrifice.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) The use of fire.

4. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.
(a) Ritual oblation.
(b) Vegan laws.
(c) Common language.
(d) Monastic rules.

5. The bodhisattva turns away from samsara as a place of _____.
(a) Suffering.
(b) Refuge.
(c) Denial.
(d) Enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

2. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.

3. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from wearing _____.

5. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.

(see the answer key)

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