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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Karma is a being's _____ of body, speech, and mind.
(a) Outward denial.
(b) Intentional actions.
(c) Inward expression.
(d) Forced reactions.

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

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

4. The Buddha apparently approved of worship at _____.
(a) Non-Buddhist shrines.
(b) City centers.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sacrificial altars.

5. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.
(a) Recognition.
(b) Skill.
(c) Decision-making.
(d) Placement.

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

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

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

9. Who is the father of the Madhyamaka or middle school?
(a) Asoka.
(b) Gautama.
(c) Nagarjuna.
(d) Abhidharma.

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

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

12. The great theme of the Perfection of Wisdom is _____.
(a) Striving.
(b) Gladness.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Leaving.

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

14. Flowers, incense, and lamps are _____ in modern Buddhism.
(a) Offerings.
(b) Distractions.
(c) Discards.
(d) Bribes.

15. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Pain.
(b) Impatience.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sravaka in the Mahayana tradition is a _____.

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

3. Some of the teachings of the Buddha are expressed in conventional terms, and others are expressed in _____ terms.

4. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?

5. After his awakening, the Buddha was thought to still have an attachment to the _____ of awakening.

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