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

2. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.
(a) Asoka.
(b) Agama.
(c) Bhikkhu.
(d) Gautama.

3. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Secularism
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Cosmology.

4. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Prehistoric.
(b) Modern.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?

2. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.

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

4. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?

5. The dhyanas are levels of _____.

(see the answer key)

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