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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. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has eaten of the fruit.
(b) One who has dreamed reality.
(c) One who has awakened.
(d) One who has opened his heart.

2. One of a monk's four basic resources is lodging _____.
(a) At the foot of a tree.
(b) In a lay person's house.
(c) In a cave.
(d) At the bend in the river.

3. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Consternation.
(b) Pain.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Greed.

4. What are stupas?
(a) Indian writings.
(b) Indian saints.
(c) Indian prayer rites.
(d) Indian burial mounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some Budhdists believe that the idea of self is something conditioned by ____.

3. An _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

4. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.

5. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

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