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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 Buddha apparently approved of worship at _____.
(a) Non-Buddhist shrines.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sacrificial altars.
(d) City centers.

2. The tradition of Mahayana Buddhism found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam is called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Eastern.
(b) Western.
(c) Northern.
(d) Southern.

3. Schools of Chinese Buddhism are called _____.
(a) Rungs.
(b) Chuans.
(c) Triptakas.
(d) Tsungs.

4. The Sangha is a community of _____.
(a) Noblemen.
(b) Lay women.
(c) Lay men.
(d) Ordained monks.

5. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Hellenist.
(b) Mauryan.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Bihar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

3. Some Budhdists believe that the idea of self is something conditioned by ____.

4. What does the word duhkha mean?

5. The word trsna means _____.

(see the answer key)

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