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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Mahayana, The Great Vehicle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____.
(a) Eating rice.
(b) Walking with shoes on.
(c) Harming living creatures.
(d) Eating with utensils.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from eating _____.
(a) During a full moon.
(b) Before sunrise.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) After midday.

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

4. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Crossing the ocean of existence.
(b) Reading from written scripture.
(c) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.
(d) Eating the fruit of knowledge.

5. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.
(a) Great warrior.
(b) White elephant.
(c) Blue monkey.
(d) Saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. The followers of Sarvastivada Abhidaharma argue that nirvana should be regarded as _____.

2. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.

3. One of the five hindrances is _____.

4. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.

5. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

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