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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. The scholar Etienne Lamotte was from _____.
(a) Belgium.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Luxemberg.

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

3. What are devas?
(a) Artisans.
(b) Lay people.
(c) Gods.
(d) Sacred singers.

4. How many days after the Bodhisattva was born did his mother die?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

5. At the writing of the book, the author taught introductory courses on Buddhism at a _____.
(a) Prep school.
(b) Monastary.
(c) University.
(d) New age research center.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the three fundamental defilements in Buddhism is _____.

2. The Sangha is a community of _____.

3. The Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra explicitly argues against _____.

4. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.

5. The Nikayama/Agama are collections of sutras or _____.

(see the answer key)

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