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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Evolving Traditions of Buddhism, South, East, North and West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The life of the wandering monk assumes sufficient _____ of the surrounding community.
(a) Laissez faire.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Good will.
(d) Coherence.

2. Ch'an is the Chinese word for_____.
(a) Zen.
(b) Change.
(c) Range.
(d) One.

3. The aspect of change that makes the world a place of suffering is _____.
(a) Impermanence.
(b) Completeness.
(c) Suddenness.
(d) Orientation.

4. In a sutta in the Pali canon, the Buddha is said to have thirty-two _____.
(a) Times in samsara.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Dreams of Abhidharma.
(d) Marks.

5. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.
(a) Prep school.
(b) University.
(c) Monastary.
(d) New age research center.

Short Answer Questions

1. The practice of the ten perfections constitutes the path of development ending in the tenth level, the _____.

2. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

3. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.

4. The father of the Madhyamaka was thought to have influenced the philosopher _____.

5. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

(see the answer key)

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