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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 Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.
(a) Liberal.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Modern.
(d) Prehistoric.

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

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

4. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Cosmology.
(d) Secularism

5. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?
(a) Abhidharma.
(b) Gautama.
(c) Boddhisatva.
(d) Sramana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?

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

3. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.

4. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

5. The word bodhi means _____.

(see the answer key)

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