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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 Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.
(a) White elephant.
(b) Saint.
(c) Great warrior.
(d) Blue monkey.

2. What are stupas?
(a) Indian saints.
(b) Indian writings.
(c) Indian prayer rites.
(d) Indian burial mounds.

3. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Siddhartha Gautama.
(b) Walpola Rahula.
(c) Har Dayal.
(d) Piprahwa Sakya.

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

5. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Dialectic.
(b) Prehistoric.
(c) Modern.
(d) Tantric.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

2. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.

3. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.

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

5. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

(see the answer key)

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