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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 earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Siddhartha Gautama.
(b) Walpola Rahula.
(c) Piprahwa Sakya.
(d) Har Dayal.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

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

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

4. The term sramana means _____.

5. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

(see the answer key)

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