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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Abhidharma, The Higher Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Karma is a being's _____ of body, speech, and mind.
(a) Inward expression.
(b) Outward denial.
(c) Forced reactions.
(d) Intentional actions.

2. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.
(a) Broken.
(b) Reversed.
(c) Opened.
(d) Conditioned.

3. What does the word duhkha mean?
(a) Control.
(b) Power.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Suffering.

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

5. The life of the wandering monk assumes sufficient _____ of the surrounding community.
(a) Coherence.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Good will.
(d) Laissez faire.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term 'abhidharma' means _____ dharma.

2. How old is Buddhism?

3. How long have people been wandering through samsara?

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

5. The Mahayana view of the universe is that, ultimately, only the _____ is real.

(see the answer key)

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