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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Abhidharma, The Higher Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he ascended to heaven after performing the miracle, under which tree did he sit to do his teaching?
(a) The Bodhi Tree.
(b) The Liquid Amber Tree.
(c) The Karma Tree.
(d) The Coral Tree.

2. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) Into a well.
(b) Under his house.
(c) Under his stables.
(d) Into a mound.

3. Much of Buddhist thought is not so much concerned with walking the eightfold path as with _____ the eightfold path.
(a) Destroying.
(b) Finding.
(c) Avoiding.
(d) Running.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from attending _____.
(a) Entertainments.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Group meals.
(d) Processions.

5. Where was the Bodhisattva when he considered when and where to be born to teach as the Buddha?
(a) The Pali wheel.
(b) The Dharma heaven.
(c) The Tusita heaven.
(d) The karma wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

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

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

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

5. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

(see the answer key)

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