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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of the teachings of the Buddha are expressed in conventional terms, and others are expressed in _____ terms.
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Watered-down.
(c) Ultimate.
(d) Harsh.

2. Buddhist devotional and ritual acts are generally seen as having a _____ quality.
(a) Derisive.
(b) Evangelical.
(c) Exclusive.
(d) Protective.

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

4. The bodhisattva turns away from samsara as a place of _____.
(a) Refuge.
(b) Denial.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Suffering.

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

6. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Eons.
(b) Seconds.
(c) Centuries.
(d) Millenia.

7. Nagas are mythical _____.
(a) Renouncers.
(b) Guardians.
(c) Serpents.
(d) Flying lions.

8. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.
(a) Broken.
(b) Reversed.
(c) Opened.
(d) Conditioned.

9. Atman is the Sanskrit word for self or _____.
(a) Breath.
(b) Here.
(c) Light.
(d) Contact.

10. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.
(a) Heart.
(b) Soul.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Mind.

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

12. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Piety.
(c) Sensual desire.
(d) Oblation.

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

14. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Copper.
(c) Air.
(d) The soul.

15. The subject of the monk Nagasena's story to the king is a _____.
(a) Chariot.
(b) Camel.
(c) Hut.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. An _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

2. Flowers, incense, and lamps are _____ in modern Buddhism.

3. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.

4. One of the five hindrances is _____.

5. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.

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