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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Word of the Buddha, Buddhist Scriptures and Schools.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.
(a) Cambodian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Tibetan.
(d) Sri Lankan.

2. What are stupas?
(a) Indian writings.
(b) Indian burial mounds.
(c) Indian prayer rites.
(d) Indian saints.

3. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Taisho.
(b) Pali.
(c) Prakrit.
(d) Sanskrit.

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.
(a) Theraveda.
(b) Tantric.
(c) Japanese Zen.
(d) Tibetan.

5. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.
(a) Commandments.
(b) Training.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Divination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.

2. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.

3. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

4. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

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

(see the answer key)

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