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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. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Longest.
(c) Full moon.
(d) Darkest.

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

3. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.
(a) Suddenness.
(b) Impermanence.
(c) Completeness.
(d) Orientation.

4. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.
(a) Sri Lankan.
(b) Cambodian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Tibetan.

5. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.
(a) Canonic.
(b) Kenjonic.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Mnemonic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.

2. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.

3. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

4. The Sangha is a community of _____.

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

(see the answer key)

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