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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Buddhism, The Secret of the Flower, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Diamond Thunderbolt, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Image of Crossing,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?
(a) Because Hinduism fails to give the answers to life's questions.
(b) Because it affirms that there is far more to life than satisfying pleasures.
(c) Because Hinduism has no beginning or ending
(d) Because Hinduism constantly demands more

2. What is the tanha?
(a) Loosely translated, it is religious education.
(b) Loosely translated, it is the fear of death.
(c) Loosely translated, it is human desire.
(d) Loosely translated, it is suffering.

3. What is the main departure of Tibetan Buddhism?
(a) No begging for food
(b) It enables achieving nirvana within a single lifetime.
(c) Doing away with monks' robes
(d) Prayer wheels and magic bells

4. What form of Buddhism flourishes in Japan?
(a) Mahayana Buddhism
(b) Zen Buddhism
(c) Hinayana Buddhism
(d) Theravada Buddhism

5. What do (1) the brahmin, or seer; (2) the kshatriya, or administrator; (3) the vaishya, or producer; and (4) the shudra, or servant represent?
(a) The divisions of monks
(b) The highest forms of yoga
(c) The levels of education
(d) The stations of life

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Western thought different from Hinduism in the matter of imperfection?

2. Eventually, how do Hindu minds conceive of God?

3. What does the first signpost of the Path of Renunciation which reads "the community" offer the individual?

4. What is the Zen koan?

5. What is the sangha?

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