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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Milindapanha records the meeting of a Buddhist monk and the local _____ king, Milinda or Menander.
(a) Byzantine.
(b) Greco-Roman.
(c) Albanian.
(d) Bactrian Greek.

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

3. In the Mahayana tradition, sutras set out the stages of the _____.
(a) Karmic wheel.
(b) Levels of consciousness.
(c) Bodhisattva path.
(d) Planes of dharma.

4. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.
(a) Lower.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Raining.
(d) Higher.

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

6. The four _____ are from the realm of the Supreme Gods.
(a) Yama Gods.
(b) Gods who Delight in Creation.
(c) Great Brahmas.
(d) Contented Gods.

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

8. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Iron.
(b) Water.
(c) Gold.
(d) Gas.

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

10. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.
(a) Unreliable.
(b) Collective.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Coercive.

11. At the center of a cakra-vada is the great _____.
(a) Sky god.
(b) Gold heart.
(c) Ocean.
(d) World mountain.

12. An awareness of ourselves as thinking subjects is called _____.
(a) Self-conscousness.
(b) Karma.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Regret.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Good conduct is seen in Buddhism as auspicious action or _____.

3. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.

4. All Buddhism knows the story of the ascetic, _____.

5. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.

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