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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. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Pali.
(b) Tripitaka.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Tenjur.

2. The term sramana means _____.
(a) One who sits.
(b) One who eats fruit.
(c) One who strives.
(d) One who breathes life.

3. Buddhism does not involve the belief in a _____.
(a) System of practices.
(b) Sangha.
(c) Meditative state.
(d) Creator God.

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

5. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.
(a) Elitist.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Common.
(d) Ascetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Christianity can be explained as a system of _____.

2. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.

3. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.

4. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?

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

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