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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. To understand the duhkha is precisely to reach the _____ of the world.
(a) Destinations.
(b) Actions.
(c) Limits.
(d) Importance.

2. The Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra explicitly argues against _____.
(a) Watching children.
(b) Holding fire ceremonies.
(c) Meat eating.
(d) Running after ghosts.

3. Atman is the Sanskrit word for self or _____.
(a) Here.
(b) Breath.
(c) Light.
(d) Contact.

4. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Wood.
(b) Earth.
(c) Sand.
(d) Time.

5. The implications when using the word 'I' in a sentence is that it is a _____.
(a) Variable.
(b) Derivative.
(c) Detachment.
(d) Constant.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is the beginning of the Buddhist path.

2. The moment of attaining one of the paths and fruits of stream-attainment is called _____.

3. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.

4. Gandharvas are celestial _____.

5. All Buddhism knows the story of the ascetic, _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is world contraction described according to the Abhidharma?

2. Why does the boddhisattva turn away from samsara and yet turn back to the world?

3. What did the Buddha say of the beginning of samsara?

4. How does the sense of self spring from delusion?

5. What is the Buddhist view of faith on the cognitive and effective modes?

6. How are the lower and higher realms of existence different from each other in Buddhism?

7. Why was vegetarianism not an explicit tenet of early Buddhism? What questions did this bring up?

8. How is the nature of bad action illustrated in Buddhism?

9. How is the term 'self' considered meaningless in Buddhism?

10. What is bhavanga?

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