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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. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.
(a) Great warrior.
(b) Blue monkey.
(c) Saint.
(d) White elephant.

2. Earlier texts state that the universe as a whole comprises a vast number of _____.
(a) Stargates.
(b) Worm holes.
(c) Celestial time warps.
(d) World-spheres.

3. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from sleeping _____.
(a) On straw.
(b) On the ground.
(c) On luxurious beds.
(d) Elevated above the ground.

4. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) A quartz ball.
(b) An ivory talisman.
(c) A soapstone vase.
(d) A bronze statue.

5. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from wearing _____.
(a) Belts.
(b) Cloaks.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are _____ Nikayas.

2. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

4. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.

5. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.

(see the answer key)

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