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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 the early Upanisads, the ultimate self is identified with the underlying ground of all reality known as _____.
(a) Karma.
(b) Sutta.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Brahman.

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

3. In the Mahayana tradition, sutras set out the stages of the _____.
(a) Levels of consciousness.
(b) Bodhisattva path.
(c) Karmic wheel.
(d) Planes of dharma.

4. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.
(a) Total being.
(b) Supreme net.
(c) Karmic wheel.
(d) Abhidharma.

5. Nagas are mythical _____.
(a) Renouncers.
(b) Guardians.
(c) Flying lions.
(d) Serpents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Samsara is _____.

2. To understand the duhkha is precisely to reach the _____ of the world.

3. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.

4. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.

5. One of the five hindrances is _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is stilling the mind an integral goal of Buddhist meditation?

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

3. What is the legend of Megha?

4. What are the five precepts of the lay followers in Buddhism?

5. What is dependent arising?

6. What is causal connectedness?

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

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

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

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

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