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

2. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1998.

3. 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.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from false _____.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Hope.
(d) Speech.

5. The dhyanas are levels of _____.
(a) Monkdom.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.

2. The Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra explicitly argues against _____.

3. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.

4. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.

5. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from handling _____.

(see the answer key)

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