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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. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Pali.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Purdu.
(d) Bali.

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

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

4. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.
(a) Highest insight.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Purification.
(d) Least resistance.

5. There are _____ Nikayas.
(a) Eleven.
(b) Four.
(c) Ninety-nine.
(d) Fifty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word sutra literally means _____.

2. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

3. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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