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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 Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.
(a) Zero.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

2. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.
(a) Sacrificial dance on the full moon.
(b) Reading from written scripture.
(c) Eating the fruit of knowledge.
(d) Crossing the ocean of existence.

3. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Western.

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

5. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.
(a) Fascism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Samsara is known as the circle of _____.

3. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.

4. What form of ritual was carried out at the death of the Buddha?

5. The Theravada tradition is classified by the author as _____.

(see the answer key)

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