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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 three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Delusion.
(b) Distraction.
(c) Consent.
(d) Dissent.

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

3. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from false _____.
(a) Hope.
(b) Speech.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Advertising.

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.
(a) Japanese Zen.
(b) Tibetan.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Theraveda.

5. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Brahmin.
(b) Bihar.
(c) Hellenist.
(d) Mauryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Theravading Vinaya specifies that the candidate for pravrajya must be old enough to _____.

2. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.

3. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.

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

5. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.

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