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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. Much of Buddhist thought is not so much concerned with walking the eightfold path as with _____ the eightfold path.
(a) Destroying.
(b) Finding.
(c) Running.
(d) Avoiding.

2. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.
(a) Atharvaveda.
(b) Rg Veda.
(c) Yajurveda.
(d) Samaveda.

3. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) The soul.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Copper.
(d) Air.

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from sleeping _____.
(a) On luxurious beds.
(b) On the ground.
(c) Elevated above the ground.
(d) On straw.

5. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.
(a) Bali.
(b) Pali.
(c) Purdu.
(d) Urdu.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sravaka in the Mahayana tradition is a _____.

2. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.

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

4. One of a monk's four basic resources is a robe made of _____.

5. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.

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