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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. Buddhist devotional and ritual acts are generally seen as having a _____ quality.
(a) Derisive.
(b) Protective.
(c) Exclusive.
(d) Evangelical.

2. The Theravading Vinaya specifies that the candidate for pravrajya must be old enough to _____.
(a) Eat from a bowl.
(b) Walk a tight rope.
(c) Scare crows away.
(d) Measure the stars.

3. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.
(a) Symbolic.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Creative.
(d) Ungraspable.

4. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.
(a) The Ganges.
(b) The Euphrates.
(c) The Tigris.
(d) The Krishna.

5. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Cremation.
(b) Air sacrifice.
(c) Embalming.
(d) Mummufication.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.

2. How old is Buddhism?

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

4. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.

5. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.

(see the answer key)

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