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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?
(a) The House of Karma.
(b) The House of Candles.
(c) The House of Dharma.
(d) The House of Jewels.

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

3. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Excitement and depression.
(b) Dyslexia.
(c) Attention deficit.
(d) Encouragement.

4. A Tathagata teaches that _____ has a beautiful beginning, a beautiful middle, and a beautiful ending.
(a) Karma.
(b) Vinaya.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Sutra.

5. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.
(a) Creative.
(b) Ungraspable.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) Concrete.

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

7. The repository manuals related to the sutras are called the _____.
(a) Shastas.
(b) Sastras.
(c) Mantras.
(d) Matras.

8. To whom did the Buddha teach dharma after he performed the miracle after his awakening?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

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

10. Samsara is _____.
(a) Chakra light source.
(b) Death.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The round of rebirth.

11. Death is simply a _____ of events.
(a) Recurrence.
(b) Distraction from.
(c) Reconfiguration.
(d) Continuation.

12. What are devas?
(a) Artisans.
(b) Lay people.
(c) Gods.
(d) Sacred singers.

13. In a sutta in the Pali canon, the Buddha is said to have thirty-two _____.
(a) Marks.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Times in samsara.
(d) Dreams of Abhidharma.

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

15. To understand the duhkha is precisely to reach the _____ of the world.
(a) Limits.
(b) Actions.
(c) Destinations.
(d) Importance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.

2. The implications when using the word 'I' in a sentence is that it is a _____.

3. The bodhisattva turns away from samsara as a place of _____.

4. One of the five hindrances is _____.

5. The practice of the ten perfections constitutes the path of development ending in the tenth level, the _____.

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