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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. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Prehistoric.
(b) Modern.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Dialectic.

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

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

4. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Master.
(b) Sancturary.
(c) Creed.
(d) Bible.

5. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Secularism
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Cosmology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.

3. What are stupas?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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