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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 ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____.
(a) Walking with shoes on.
(b) Eating with utensils.
(c) Harming living creatures.
(d) Eating rice.

2. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.
(a) Red-dyed wool.
(b) Discarded rags.
(c) Hemp.
(d) Sheets of bleached cotton.

3. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.
(a) Dharmas.
(b) Aryas.
(c) Stupas.
(d) Sudras.

4. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Air.
(b) Copper.
(c) The soul.
(d) Humanity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Karma is a being's _____ of body, speech, and mind.

2. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.

3. The Milindapanha records the meeting of a Buddhist monk and the local _____ king, Milinda or Menander.

4. One of the basic critiques of self in Buddhism that implies a constant that Buddhism believes is not constant is _____.

5. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.

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