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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. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Zero.

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

3. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from eating _____.
(a) On Sunday.
(b) Before sunrise.
(c) After midday.
(d) During a full moon.

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

5. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.
(a) Elitist.
(b) Ascetic.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Common.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are _____ Nikayas.

2. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.

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

4. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.

5. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

(see the answer key)

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