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

2. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Hellenist.
(b) Bihar.
(c) Mauryan.
(d) Brahmin.

3. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Mental phenomena.
(b) Physical phenomena.
(c) Auditory phenomena.
(d) Externally-caused phenomena.

4. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Diverse.
(b) Strict.
(c) Evangelistic.
(d) Fragmented.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.

2. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.

3. To the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.

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

5. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.

(see the answer key)

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