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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Evolving Traditions of Buddhism, South, East, North and West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.
(a) Sancturary.
(b) Master.
(c) Creed.
(d) Bible.

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

3. Sthaviras is a Buddhist term that refers to ______________.
(a) Elders.
(b) Commoners.
(c) Novices.
(d) Boddhis.

4. The author concentrates on sustained expositions of Buddhist _____.
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Secularism
(d) Cosmology.

5. The earliest Buddhist sources state that the future Buddha was born with the name _____.
(a) Walpola Rahula.
(b) Har Dayal.
(c) Piprahwa Sakya.
(d) Siddhartha Gautama.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from using _____.

2. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.

3. The Buddha is the author of _____ books and treatises.

4. _____ is the beginning of the Buddhist path.

5. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from attending _____.

(see the answer key)

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