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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Four Truths, The Disease, the Cause, the Cure, the Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) An ivory talisman.
(b) A soapstone vase.
(c) A bronze statue.
(d) A quartz ball.

2. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 200 million.

3. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Grasping.
(b) Repealing.
(c) Throwing.
(d) Repeating.

4. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.
(a) Meditative state.
(b) Creator God.
(c) System of practices.
(d) Sangha.

5. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.
(a) Iconoclastic.
(b) Secret underground.
(c) Secular uprising.
(d) Minority monastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

2. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.

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

4. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

5. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?

(see the answer key)

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