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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Four Truths, The Disease, the Cause, the Cure, the Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Community.
(b) Oration.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Text.

2. The five aggregates of _____ are suffering.
(a) Grasping.
(b) Repeating.
(c) Repealing.
(d) Throwing.

3. The public concern of Buddhism was living by _____, not doctrinal conformity.
(a) Monastic rules.
(b) Ritual oblation.
(c) Common language.
(d) Vegan laws.

4. The coming of the _____ into India did not bring political unity, but brought ideology that affected Indian culture.
(a) Dharmas.
(b) Aryas.
(c) Stupas.
(d) Sudras.

5. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.
(a) Secular uprising.
(b) Minority monastic.
(c) Secret underground.
(d) Iconoclastic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Buddhism?

3. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.

4. What is the framework which underlies all later Buddhist thought called?

5. The history of Buddhism stretches over _____ years.

(see the answer key)

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