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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. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.
(a) Extreme.
(b) Separate.
(c) Common.
(d) Modern.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from taking _____.
(a) Water from the ground.
(b) Money from the community.
(c) Baths.
(d) What is not given.

3. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.
(a) Life.
(b) Conditions.
(c) Rebirth.
(d) Success.

4. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who strives.
(b) One who eats fruit.
(c) One who sits.
(d) One who breathes life.

5. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Text.
(b) Community.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Oration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Buddhism?

2. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

4. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.

5. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Buddhist saint not harm living creatures?

2. How does the author feel he acts as a spokesman for Buddhism?

3. How were the first Buddhist nuns acknowledged? What was the reaction of the Buddha to this?

4. How was the Rig Veda communicated orally?

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

6. What are some of the features of Tibetan Buddhism?

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

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

9. What is the general Buddhist and Indian world view concerning life and death?

10. What are the Nikayas/Agamas?

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