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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. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) A soapstone vase.
(b) A bronze statue.
(c) A quartz ball.
(d) An ivory talisman.

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

3. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Throwing.
(b) Grasping.
(c) Repealing.
(d) Repeating.

4. There are _____ Nikayas.
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Ninety-nine.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of a monk's four basic resources is lodging _____.

3. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

4. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.

5. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

(see the answer key)

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