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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 attending _____.
(a) Funerals.
(b) Entertainments.
(c) Processions.
(d) Group meals.

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

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

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.
(a) A toothbrush.
(b) Perfumes.
(c) Shampoo.
(d) Skin oils.

5. Buddhist devotional and ritual acts are generally seen as having a _____ quality.
(a) Exclusive.
(b) Protective.
(c) Evangelical.
(d) Derisive.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the five hindrances is _____.

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

3. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

4. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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