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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.
(a) Saints.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Sanctuaries.
(d) Writings.

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

4. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.
(a) 2,500.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 700.

5. How old is Buddhism?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) Two and a half millennia.
(c) Ten thousand years.
(d) A thousand years.

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

7. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Oration.
(b) Community.
(c) Text.
(d) Discipline.

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

9. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Canons.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Laws.

10. What are stupas?
(a) Indian burial mounds.
(b) Indian saints.
(c) Indian prayer rites.
(d) Indian writings.

11. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Piprahwa Sakya.
(b) Har Dayal.
(c) Siddhartha Gautama.
(d) Walpola Rahula.

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

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

14. What does the word duhkha mean?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Power.
(c) Control.
(d) Meditation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.

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

3. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

4. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

5. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.

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