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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 taking _____.
(a) What is not given.
(b) Money from the community.
(c) Baths.
(d) Water from the ground.

2. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.
(a) A prison.
(b) A ritual.
(c) An order.
(d) A holy book.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

4. The word sutra literally means _____.

5. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.

(see the answer key)

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