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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. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.
(a) Novices.
(b) Boddhis.
(c) Elders.
(d) Commoners.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.
(a) Shampoo.
(b) Perfumes.
(c) Skin oils.
(d) A toothbrush.

3. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.
(a) Disintegration.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Communicationt.
(d) Detachment.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____ which cause heedlessness.
(a) Oration.
(b) Free will.
(c) Intoxicants.
(d) Ego trips.

5. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.
(a) Canonic.
(b) Mnemonic.
(c) Kenjonic.
(d) Tantric.

Short Answer Questions

1. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.

2. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.

3. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

4. The Vinaya contains _____ for the corporate acts of the monastic collective.

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

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