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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has awakened.
(b) One who has dreamed reality.
(c) One who has eaten of the fruit.
(d) One who has opened his heart.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.
(a) Shampoo.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) Skin oils.
(d) Perfumes.

3. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1898.

4. How old is Buddhism?
(a) A thousand years.
(b) Two and a half millennia.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Ten thousand years.

5. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Attitude.
(b) Conversion.
(c) Dispersion.
(d) Aversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Becoming a monk requires going forth and _____.

2. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.

3. The three types of suffering are pain, change, and _____.

4. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.

5. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the oral tradition of communicating the concept of dharma considered to be more accurate than the written tradition by some people?

2. Why does the author say that he wrote this book on Buddhism?

3. What is the responsibility of a Buddha regarding teaching?

4. What are the Nikayas/Agamas?

5. How does the author compare Buddha and the four truths to modern medicine?

6. What effect did the meeting of Buddha Dipamkara have on Sumedha?

7. Who are the four great authorities in Buddhism? Why would a monk go to them?

8. Why has the prominence of the ancient oral traditions concerning Buddhism changed?

9. Which offenses can result in a probationary period involving loss of full status as a member of the Sangha by a monk?

10. Why does the author believe that there is some basis in history for the existence of the Buddha?

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