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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. An awareness of ourselves as thinking subjects is called _____.
(a) Self-conscousness.
(b) Regret.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Karma.

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

3. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has opened his heart.
(b) One who has dreamed reality.
(c) One who has awakened.
(d) One who has eaten of the fruit.

4. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Strict.
(b) Evangelistic.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Fragmented.

5. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.
(a) Yajurveda.
(b) Rg Veda.
(c) Samaveda.
(d) Atharvaveda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the center of a cakra-vada is the great _____.

3. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.

4. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.

5. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.

(see the answer key)

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