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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 five hindrances is _____.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Piety.
(c) Oblation.
(d) Sensual desire.

2. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Pain.
(b) Belief.
(c) Impatience.
(d) Doubt.

3. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.
(a) Vedic sacrifice.
(b) Silent meditation.
(c) Communial recitation.
(d) Fire ritual.

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

5. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.
(a) Ritual sacrifice.
(b) Ordination.
(c) Confession.
(d) Purification.

Short Answer Questions

1. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.

2. The southern continent of Jambudvipa is known as the continent of the _____ tree.

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

4. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.

5. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.

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