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

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

3. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.
(a) White elephant.
(b) Great warrior.
(c) Blue monkey.
(d) Saint.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Buddhism?

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

4. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.

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

(see the answer key)

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