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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. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.
(a) The Euphrates.
(b) The Tigris.
(c) The Krishna.
(d) The Ganges.

2. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.
(a) 100 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 2 billion.
(d) 20 million.

3. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?
(a) An ivory talisman.
(b) A quartz ball.
(c) A soapstone vase.
(d) A bronze statue.

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

5. How old is Buddhism?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) Two and a half millennia.
(c) Ten thousand years.
(d) A thousand years.

Short Answer Questions

1. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.

2. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

3. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

4. There is a Pali version of the Nikayama/Agama and a _____ translation contained in the Tripitaka.

5. The Bodhisattva's mother dreamed of a _____ carrying a lotus on the night he was conceived.

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