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

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

3. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1898.

4. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) An ivory talisman.
(b) A quartz ball.
(c) A bronze statue.
(d) A soapstone vase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

2. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.

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

4. How old is Buddhism?

5. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

(see the answer key)

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