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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. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Diverse.
(b) Strict.
(c) Evangelistic.
(d) Fragmented.

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

3. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.
(a) Modern.
(b) Separate.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Common.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.

2. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?

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

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

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

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