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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 are stupas?
(a) Indian saints.
(b) Indian burial mounds.
(c) Indian writings.
(d) Indian prayer rites.

2. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.
(a) Creator God.
(b) System of practices.
(c) Sangha.
(d) Meditative state.

3. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Conservative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Prehistoric.
(d) Modern.

4. One of the noble truths regarding the origin of suffering is the _____ existence.
(a) Hatred for.
(b) Chain reaction of.
(c) Denial of.
(d) Thirst for.

5. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 20 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 2 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

2. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

3. The Sangha is a community of _____.

4. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.

5. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What language did the Buddha use to communicate his ideas and why?

2. How did the Buddha respond when Malunkya said he would stop training with him if he didn't answer the ten undetermined questions?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How was the Rig Veda communicated orally?

9. According to the author, what does the term 'Buddhism' refer to?

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

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