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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The river that flows through the area where the Buddha gathered a following is called _____.
(a) The Tigris.
(b) The Ganges.
(c) The Euphrates.
(d) The Krishna.

2. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from _____.
(a) Walking with shoes on.
(b) Harming living creatures.
(c) Eating with utensils.
(d) Eating rice.

3. According to the author, Buddhism is typically seen as a history of _____ Theravada Buddhism.
(a) Ascetic.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Common.
(d) Egalitarian.

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

5. Where was W.C. Peppe digging on his estate in India?
(a) Under his stables.
(b) Into a mound.
(c) Under his house.
(d) Into a well.

6. Craving is understood to be the crystallization of _____.
(a) Disintegration.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Detachment.
(d) Communicationt.

7. Tibetan 'Vehicle of the Diamond Thunderbolt' is also known as _____ Buddhism.
(a) Modern.
(b) Dialectic.
(c) Prehistoric.
(d) Tantric.

8. The Visuddhimagga is the Path of ____.
(a) Purification.
(b) Least resistance.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Highest insight.

9. One of a monk's four basic resources is medicine made of _____.
(a) The skin of frogs.
(b) Masticated birch leaves.
(c) Boiled tree bark.
(d) Fermented urine.

10. The Tibetan Kanjur and _____ canon were translated between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.
(a) Pali.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Tripitaka.
(d) Tenjur.

11. Mahinda was a Buddhist monk who was the son of the emperor _____.
(a) Gautama.
(b) Asoka.
(c) Agama.
(d) Bhikkhu.

12. The word sutra literally means _____.
(a) River.
(b) Thread.
(c) Conduit.
(d) Vapor.

13. Vinaya is the word Buddhists use for _____.
(a) Text.
(b) Oration.
(c) Community.
(d) Discipline.

14. The Sangha is _____ of monks and nuns.
(a) A ritual.
(b) An order.
(c) A prison.
(d) A holy book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward Conze pointed out that it took over two thousand years and a couple of Western converts to provide Buddhism with a _____.

2. East Asian Buddhism has coexisted with Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and more recently but less happily, _____.

3. The author's aim in writing the book was to act as a _____ for the principles of Buddhism.

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

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

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