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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. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Attraction.
(b) Ill-will.
(c) Volunteerism.
(d) Warmth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gandharvas are celestial _____.

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

4. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

5. There are _____ Nikayas.

(see the answer key)

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