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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. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Attention deficit.
(b) Encouragement.
(c) Excitement and depression.
(d) Dyslexia.

2. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Evangelistic.
(b) Diverse.
(c) Strict.
(d) Fragmented.

3. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?
(a) The House of Karma.
(b) The House of Dharma.
(c) The House of Jewels.
(d) The House of Candles.

4. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Centuries.
(b) Millenia.
(c) Eons.
(d) Seconds.

5. Samsara is _____.
(a) The round of rebirth.
(b) Death.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Chakra light source.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge resulted in the_____ of monks in Cambodia.

3. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.

4. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?

5. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.

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