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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. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Tantric.
(b) Prehistoric.
(c) Modern.
(d) Dialectic.

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

3. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Western.

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

5. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Brahmin.
(b) Bihar.
(c) Mauryan.
(d) Hellenist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are stupas?

4. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

5. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.

(see the answer key)

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