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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Buddhist Community, Monks, Nuns, and Lay Followers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from sleeping _____.
(a) Elevated above the ground.
(b) On luxurious beds.
(c) On straw.
(d) On the ground.

2. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

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

4. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) Into a well.
(b) Into a mound.
(c) Under his stables.
(d) Under his house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

2. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.

3. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.

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

5. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from wearing _____.

(see the answer key)

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