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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. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Tripitaka.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Pali.
(d) Tenjur.

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

3. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

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

5. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.
(a) The Krishna.
(b) The Tigris.
(c) The Ganges.
(d) The Euphrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

2. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

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

4. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.

5. There are _____ Nikayas.

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