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

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

3. The word bodhi means _____.
(a) Awakening.
(b) Saint.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Wanderer.

4. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.
(a) Communial recitation.
(b) Silent meditation.
(c) Fire ritual.
(d) Vedic sacrifice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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