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

2. What are stupas?
(a) Indian prayer rites.
(b) Indian writings.
(c) Indian burial mounds.
(d) Indian saints.

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

4. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Dialectic.
(b) Prehistoric.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Modern.

5. The Buddhist attitude toward good conduct and the suggestion of adherence to moral principles for their own sake may be an expression of _____.
(a) Piety.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three defilements are also known as _____.

2. Earlier texts state that the universe as a whole comprises a vast number of _____.

3. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.

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

5. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.

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