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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 word bodhi means _____.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Awakening.
(c) Saint.
(d) Wanderer.

2. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.
(a) Fascism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Communism.
(d) Judaism.

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

4. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) Belgium.
(b) Luxemberg.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

5. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Common.
(d) Ascetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.

2. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

3. The term sramana means _____.

4. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

5. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.

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