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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 various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Prakrit.
(b) Pali.
(c) Taisho.
(d) Sanskrit.

2. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.
(a) Rebirth.
(b) Success.
(c) Life.
(d) Conditions.

3. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.
(a) 700.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,500.

4. The word trsna means _____.
(a) Soul.
(b) God.
(c) Conduit.
(d) Thirst.

5. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Walpola Rahula.
(b) Siddhartha Gautama.
(c) Piprahwa Sakya.
(d) Har Dayal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Buddhism?

2. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.

3. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

4. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.

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

(see the answer key)

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