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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 Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Eastern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Western.

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

3. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Dharma.
(b) Pali.
(c) Tripitaka.
(d) Tenjur.

4. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.
(a) Dependence.
(b) Purification.
(c) Highest insight.
(d) Least resistance.

5. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.
(a) Monastic rules.
(b) Ritual oblation.
(c) Common language.
(d) Vegan laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

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

3. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

4. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

5. The Nikayama/Agama are collections of sutras or _____.

(see the answer key)

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