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

2. According the the author, what lies at the heart of Buddhism is _____.
(a) India.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Karma.

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

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

5. The Nikayama/Agama are collections of sutras or _____.
(a) Disputes.
(b) Discourses.
(c) Canons.
(d) Rituals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Buddhism?

3. Some three months after the death of the Buddha, 500 arhats took part in a _____.

4. The book looks at what is _____ in the three schools of Buddhist thought.

5. The Sangha is a community of _____.

(see the answer key)

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