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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. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.
(a) Hungry ghost.
(b) Happy human.
(c) Martyr.
(d) Lost angel.

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

3. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Eating the fruit of knowledge.
(b) Crossing the ocean of existence.
(c) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.
(d) Reading from written scripture.

4. Nagas are mythical _____.
(a) Serpents.
(b) Renouncers.
(c) Flying lions.
(d) Guardians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.

2. In a sutta in the Pali canon, the Buddha is said to have thirty-two _____.

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

4. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.

5. In the Mahayana tradition, sutras set out the stages of the _____.

(see the answer key)

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