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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Buddha, The Story of the Awakened One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word bodhi means _____.
(a) Saint.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Wanderer.
(d) Awakening.

2. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.
(a) Iconoclastic.
(b) Secret underground.
(c) Minority monastic.
(d) Secular uprising.

3. The Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia is called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Southern.

4. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.
(a) 1,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 700.
(d) 2,500.

5. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?
(a) Embalming.
(b) Air sacrifice.
(c) Cremation.
(d) Mummufication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

2. When was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

3. Mahayana Buddhism is classified by the author as _____.

4. The oldest portion of the Vedas is called the _____.

5. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.

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