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

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____ which cause heedlessness.
(a) Ego trips.
(b) Free will.
(c) Intoxicants.
(d) Oration.

3. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Externally-caused phenomena.
(b) Mental phenomena.
(c) Physical phenomena.
(d) Auditory phenomena.

4. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.
(a) Heart.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Mind.
(d) Soul.

5. What does the word buddha mean?
(a) One who has eaten of the fruit.
(b) One who has awakened.
(c) One who has opened his heart.
(d) One who has dreamed reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.

2. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

3. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.

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

5. Some of the teachings of the Buddha are expressed in conventional terms, and others are expressed in _____ terms.

(see the answer key)

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