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

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

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

4. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Modern.
(b) Prehistoric.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Liberal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The word bodhi means _____.

2. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.

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

4. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

5. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

(see the answer key)

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