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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. A Tathagata teaches that _____ has a beautiful beginning, a beautiful middle, and a beautiful ending.
(a) Vinaya.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Karma.
(d) Sutra.

2. After his awakening, the Buddha was thought to still have an attachment to the _____ of awakening.
(a) Feeling.
(b) Seat.
(c) Sound.
(d) Tree.

3. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Attention deficit.
(b) Excitement and depression.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Dyslexia.

4. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Concentration.
(d) Dependent arising.

5. At the center of a cakra-vada is the great _____.
(a) World mountain.
(b) Gold heart.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Sky god.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Mahayana likely began as a _____ movement.

3. To whom did the Buddha teach dharma after he performed the miracle after his awakening?

4. _____ is an ancient language closely related to Sanskrit.

5. Skandhas are _____ of physical and mental events.

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