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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) Perfumes.
(b) Skin oils.
(c) A toothbrush.
(d) Shampoo.

2. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Zero.
(b) One.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Ten.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Luxemberg.
(d) Belgium.

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

5. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.
(a) Boddhis.
(b) Commoners.
(c) Elders.
(d) Novices.

6. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Western.

7. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.
(a) Extreme.
(b) Separate.
(c) Modern.
(d) Common.

8. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Repealing.
(b) Repeating.
(c) Throwing.
(d) Grasping.

9. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Cremation.
(b) Embalming.
(c) Mummufication.
(d) Air sacrifice.

10. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Bali.
(b) Purdu.
(c) Urdu.
(d) Pali.

11. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?
(a) Gautama.
(b) Boddhisatva.
(c) Abhidharma.
(d) Sramana.

12. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Reading from written scripture.
(b) Eating the fruit of knowledge.
(c) Crossing the ocean of existence.
(d) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.

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

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

15. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Tripitaka.
(b) Pali.
(c) Tenjur.
(d) Dharma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.

3. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

4. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.

5. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

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