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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 scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Luxemberg.

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

3. The Sangha is a community of _____.
(a) Noblemen.
(b) Lay women.
(c) Ordained monks.
(d) Lay men.

4. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Zero.

5. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.
(a) Karma.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Dharma.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.

2. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?

3. The Nikayama/Agama are collections of sutras or _____.

4. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.

5. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.

(see the answer key)

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