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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. In terms of karma, one's state of mind is important and constitutes a _____.
(a) Dharma.
(b) False promise.
(c) Real deed.
(d) Sutra.

2. To whom did the Buddha teach dharma after he performed the miracle after his awakening?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. Earlier texts state that the universe as a whole comprises a vast number of _____.
(a) Stargates.
(b) Worm holes.
(c) World-spheres.
(d) Celestial time warps.

4. The father of the Madhyamaka was thought to have influenced the philosopher _____.
(a) Kant.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Nietszche.
(d) Rilke.

5. The practice of the ten perfections constitutes the path of development ending in the tenth level, the _____.
(a) Seat of Awakening.
(b) Line of Soma.
(c) Wheel of Karma.
(d) Cloud of Dharma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the precise form of the earliest Buddhist devotions is unclear, it is know that they revolved around the worship of _____.

2. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.

3. _____ are regarded as ultimate bits of matter, which is similar in concept to dharma.

4. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.

5. The lam rim in _____ Buddhism is called the gradual path.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is access concentration in meditation?

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

3. What is the wheel of becoming?

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

5. What two things does abhidharma refer to in Buddhist tradition?

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

7. What is the legend of Megha?

8. What attitudes do the Mahayana sutras display toward the bodhisattva?

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

10. What is causal connectedness?

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