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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Buddhism, the truth underlying reality is _____.
(a) Wielding.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Thusness.

3. The moment of attaining one of the paths and fruits of stream-attainment is called _____.
(a) Kusala.
(b) Ahetuka.
(c) Jhana.
(d) Vipaka.

4. An _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.
(a) Argonaut.
(b) Animal.
(c) Astral traveler.
(d) Angel.

5. The sravaka in the Mahayana tradition is a _____.
(a) King.
(b) Disciple.
(c) Lay person.
(d) Fallen monk.

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

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

8. To the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.
(a) Karma.
(b) Brahman.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Sutta.

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

10. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.
(a) Human sacrifice.
(b) Animal sacrifice.
(c) The use of fire.
(d) The use of hallucingens.

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

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

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

14. After his awakening, the Buddha was thought to still have an attachment to the _____ of awakening.
(a) Sound.
(b) Seat.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Tree.

15. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Fire.
(b) Space.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Soma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The great theme of the Perfection of Wisdom is _____.

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

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

5. The father of the Madhyamaka was thought to have influenced the philosopher _____.

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