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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. Arhats are the names of Buddhist _____.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Sanctuaries.
(c) Writings.
(d) Saints.

2. The condition of duhkha implies _____ existence.
(a) Collective.
(b) Unreliable.
(c) Coercive.
(d) Monastic.

3. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.
(a) Boddhis.
(b) Novices.
(c) Elders.
(d) Commoners.

4. How long have people been wandering through samsara?
(a) Millenia.
(b) Seconds.
(c) Eons.
(d) Centuries.

5. The tradition of Mahayana Buddhism found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam is called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

Short Answer Questions

1. An awareness of ourselves as thinking subjects is called _____.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from taking _____.

3. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____ which cause heedlessness.

4. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.

5. The bodhisattva turns away from samsara as a place of _____.

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