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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Buddhist attitude toward good conduct and the suggestion of adherence to moral principles for their own sake may be an expression of _____.

2. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.

3. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.

4. The four _____ are from the realm of the Supreme Gods.

5. The practice of the ten perfections constitutes the path of development ending in the tenth level, the _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the wheel of becoming?

2. What is access concentration in meditation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is causal connectedness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the ordination ceremony of the Sangha.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between the Sangha and the state. How did the Sangha relate to kings in history, particularly Asoka?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the life of the Buddha. What sort of family did he come from? How did he become the Buddha?

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