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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Buddha, The Story of the Awakened One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.
(a) Secular uprising.
(b) Secret underground.
(c) Minority monastic.
(d) Iconoclastic.

2. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Har Dayal.
(b) Piprahwa Sakya.
(c) Walpola Rahula.
(d) Siddhartha Gautama.

3. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.
(a) Yajurveda.
(b) Atharvaveda.
(c) Rg Veda.
(d) Samaveda.

4. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.
(a) Full moon.
(b) Darkest.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Longest.

5. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.
(a) Commentator.
(b) Monk.
(c) Renouncer.
(d) Spokesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

2. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.

3. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

4. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.

5. The term sramana means _____.

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