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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Buddhist Path, The Way of Calm and Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Auditory phenomena.
(b) Physical phenomena.
(c) Mental phenomena.
(d) Externally-caused phenomena.

2. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Siddhartha Gautama.
(b) Har Dayal.
(c) Piprahwa Sakya.
(d) Walpola Rahula.

3. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.
(a) Derivation.
(b) Context.
(c) Content.
(d) Form.

4. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 20 million.

5. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?
(a) Boddhisatva.
(b) Gautama.
(c) Sramana.
(d) Abhidharma.

Short Answer Questions

1. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.

2. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

3. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

4. The Buddha apparently approved of worship at _____.

5. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.

(see the answer key)

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