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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Abhidharma, The Higher Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandharvas are celestial _____.
(a) Musicians.
(b) Actors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Dancers.

2. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Seconds.
(b) Centuries.
(c) Eons.
(d) Millenia.

3. There are _____ Nikayas.
(a) Ninety-nine.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Four.
(d) Eleven.

4. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.
(a) Communial recitation.
(b) Silent meditation.
(c) Fire ritual.
(d) Vedic sacrifice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Sangha is a community of _____.

3. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

4. As a system of thought, Abhidharma is to be contrasted with the system of _____ of the Buddha.

5. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.

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