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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. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Oblation.
(b) Dogma.
(c) Piety.
(d) Sensual desire.

2. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Fire.
(c) Space.
(d) Soma.

3. The Milindapanha records the meeting of a Buddhist monk and the local _____ king, Milinda or Menander.
(a) Albanian.
(b) Greco-Roman.
(c) Byzantine.
(d) Bactrian Greek.

4. The word trsna means _____.
(a) Thirst.
(b) God.
(c) Conduit.
(d) Soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

2. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

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

4. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.

5. Death is simply a _____ of events.

(see the answer key)

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