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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) Saint.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Awakening.
(d) Wanderer.

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

3. How old is Buddhism?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) A thousand years.
(c) Two and a half millennia.
(d) Ten thousand years.

4. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Cosmology.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Secularism
(d) Anthropology.

5. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) Into a well.
(b) Under his stables.
(c) Into a mound.
(d) Under his house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

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

4. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

5. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.

(see the answer key)

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