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

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

3. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who eats fruit.
(b) One who breathes life.
(c) One who strives.
(d) One who sits.

4. The word sutra literally means _____.
(a) Thread.
(b) River.
(c) Conduit.
(d) Vapor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The tradition of Mahayana Buddhism found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam is called _____ Buddhism.

3. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

5. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.

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