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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Four Truths, The Disease, the Cause, the Cure, the Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Eastern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Western.

2. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.
(a) Karma.
(b) Dharma.
(c) India.
(d) Brahma.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) Luxemberg.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) Switzerland.

4. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Fragmented.
(b) Evangelistic.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Strict.

5. The Sangha is a community of _____.
(a) Noblemen.
(b) Lay men.
(c) Ordained monks.
(d) Lay women.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.

2. How old is Buddhism?

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

4. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.

5. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.

(see the answer key)

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