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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Buddhist attitude toward good conduct and the suggestion of adherence to moral principles for their own sake may be an expression of _____.
(a) Faith.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Attachment.
(d) Piety.

2. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Satiation.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sleepiness.

3. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.
(a) Aggregates.
(b) Emotional espressions.
(c) Singularities.
(d) Denial.

4. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Physical phenomena.
(b) Auditory phenomena.
(c) Mental phenomena.
(d) Externally-caused phenomena.

5. The Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra explicitly argues against _____.
(a) Holding fire ceremonies.
(b) Meat eating.
(c) Running after ghosts.
(d) Watching children.

6. The notion of self is born of _____.
(a) Delusion or ignorance.
(b) Desperation and derision.
(c) Constancy and eternity.
(d) Joy and love.

7. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.
(a) Abhidharma.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Painful.
(d) Release.

8. Abhidharma captures the very essence of dharma, which means that its sound can almost operate as a _____.
(a) Warning.
(b) Smell.
(c) Vision.
(d) Spell.

9. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Wood.
(b) Earth.
(c) Time.
(d) Sand.

10. Some Budhdists believe that the idea of self is something conditioned by ____.
(a) Love.
(b) Continuity.
(c) Success.
(d) Greed.

11. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.
(a) Tibetan.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Indian.
(d) Sri Lankan.

12. The southern continent of Jambudvipa is known as the continent of the _____ tree.
(a) Liquid-amber.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Rose-apple.
(d) Birch.

13. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Dependent arising.
(d) Concentration.

14. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.
(a) Suttas.
(b) Skandhas.
(c) Samsaras.
(d) Stupas.

15. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.
(a) Karmic wheel.
(b) Abhidharma.
(c) Supreme net.
(d) Total being.

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of karma, one's state of mind is important and constitutes a _____.

2. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.

3. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.

4. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.

5. The repository manuals related to the sutras are called the _____.

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