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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 sleeping _____.
(a) On luxurious beds.
(b) On straw.
(c) On the ground.
(d) Elevated above the ground.

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

3. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.
(a) Ascetic.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Common.

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

5. The word bodhi means _____.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Wanderer.
(c) Saint.
(d) Awakening.

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

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

8. One of a monk's four basic resources is lodging _____.
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a lay person's house.
(c) At the bend in the river.
(d) At the foot of a tree.

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

10. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.
(a) Chain reaction of.
(b) Thirst for.
(c) Hatred for.
(d) Denial of.

11. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from eating _____.
(a) On Sunday.
(b) During a full moon.
(c) Before sunrise.
(d) After midday.

12. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.
(a) Dependence.
(b) Purification.
(c) Least resistance.
(d) Highest insight.

13. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.
(a) An order.
(b) A prison.
(c) A ritual.
(d) A holy book.

14. One of a monk's four basic resources is medicine made of _____.
(a) Fermented urine.
(b) Boiled tree bark.
(c) Masticated birch leaves.
(d) The skin of frogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.

2. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.

3. The tradition of Mahayana Buddhism found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam is called _____ Buddhism.

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

5. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.

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