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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Word of the Buddha, Buddhist Scriptures and Schools.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Bodhisattva was conceived on the _____ night of Asadha, or July.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Longest.
(c) Full moon.
(d) Darkest.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Luxemberg.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

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

5. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.
(a) Tibetan.
(b) Tantric.
(c) Japanese Zen.
(d) Theraveda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

2. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.

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

4. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

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

(see the answer key)

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