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

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

3. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.
(a) Chinese.
(b) Indian.
(c) Tibetan.
(d) Sri Lankan.

4. Flowers, incense, and lamps are _____ in modern Buddhism.
(a) Bribes.
(b) Offerings.
(c) Discards.
(d) Distractions.

5. Some of the teachings of the Buddha are expressed in conventional terms, and others are expressed in _____ terms.
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Harsh.
(c) Ultimate.
(d) Watered-down.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra explicitly argues against _____.

2. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?

3. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.

4. Gandharvas are celestial _____.

5. What are devas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is causal connectedness?

2. What is the wheel of becoming?

3. What is the legend of Megha?

4. What miracle did the Buddha perform after his awakening?

5. What happens as the path of the bodhisattva progresses?

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

7. What did the Buddha do after performing the miracle after his awakening?

8. What does Nagasena tell the king about the self?

9. What components, according to Buddhist thought, comprise a world-sphere?

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

(see the answer keys)

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