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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.
(a) Dharma.
(b) India.
(c) Karma.
(d) Brahma.

3. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.
(a) Kenjonic.
(b) Mnemonic.
(c) Canonic.
(d) Tantric.

4. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.
(a) Commandments.
(b) Divination.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Training.

5. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Bible.
(b) Creed.
(c) Sancturary.
(d) Master.

6. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.
(a) Renouncer.
(b) Monk.
(c) Commentator.
(d) Spokesman.

7. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.
(a) White elephant.
(b) Blue monkey.
(c) Saint.
(d) Great warrior.

8. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Secularism
(c) Cosmology.
(d) Anthropomorphism.

9. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.
(a) Dharmas.
(b) Stupas.
(c) Aryas.
(d) Sudras.

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

11. The word sutra literally means _____.
(a) River.
(b) Thread.
(c) Vapor.
(d) Conduit.

12. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 200 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 2 billion.

13. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.
(a) Silent meditation.
(b) Fire ritual.
(c) Vedic sacrifice.
(d) Communial recitation.

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

15. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from sleeping _____.
(a) Elevated above the ground.
(b) On straw.
(c) On luxurious beds.
(d) On the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word bodhi means _____.

2. The Vinaya contains _____ for the corporate acts of the monastic collective.

3. The word trsna means _____.

4. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.

5. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.

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