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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. The dhyanas are levels of _____.
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Monkdom.
(c) Existence.
(d) Meditation.

2. When he ascended to heaven after performing the miracle, under which tree did he sit to do his teaching?
(a) The Karma Tree.
(b) The Bodhi Tree.
(c) The Coral Tree.
(d) The Liquid Amber Tree.

3. After his awakening, the Buddha was thought to still have an attachment to the _____ of awakening.
(a) Tree.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Sound.
(d) Seat.

4. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.
(a) Opened.
(b) Reversed.
(c) Broken.
(d) Conditioned.

5. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.
(a) Martyr.
(b) Hungry ghost.
(c) Happy human.
(d) Lost angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.

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

3. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.

4. The matrkas are a summary of _____ lists of significant points of Buddha's teaching.

5. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

(see the answer key)

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