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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who strives.
(b) One who sits.
(c) One who eats fruit.
(d) One who breathes life.

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

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

6. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.
(a) Success.
(b) Life.
(c) Rebirth.
(d) Conditions.

7. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has awakened.
(b) One who has dreamed reality.
(c) One who has opened his heart.
(d) One who has eaten of the fruit.

8. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from handling _____.
(a) Copper and lead.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Nickel and iron.
(d) Cadmium and titanium.

9. The word trsna means _____.
(a) Conduit.
(b) Soul.
(c) God.
(d) Thirst.

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

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

12. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____ which cause heedlessness.
(a) Free will.
(b) Ego trips.
(c) Intoxicants.
(d) Oration.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.

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

3. There are _____ Nikayas.

4. The word sutra literally means _____.

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

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