View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, No Self, Personal Continuity and Dependent Arising.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Asoka, the great _____ king, was thought to have been consecrated 218 years after the death of the Buddha.
(a) Hellenist.
(b) Brahmin.
(c) Mauryan.
(d) Bihar.

3. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who sits.
(b) One who eats fruit.
(c) One who strives.
(d) One who breathes life.

4. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.
(a) An order.
(b) A ritual.
(c) A prison.
(d) A holy book.

5. Death is simply a _____ of events.
(a) Continuation.
(b) Reconfiguration.
(c) Distraction from.
(d) Recurrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word buddha mean?

2. The three defilements are also known as _____.

3. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.

4. Atman is the Sanskrit word for self or _____.

5. What the Buddha taught is often referred to in the early texts as a system of _____.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 162 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample