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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The moment of attaining one of the paths and fruits of stream-attainment is called _____.
(a) Kusala.
(b) Ahetuka.
(c) Jhana.
(d) Vipaka.

2. Impermanence was regarded by the Buddha as _____.
(a) Abhidharma.
(b) Painful.
(c) Release.
(d) Nirvana.

3. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.
(a) Recognition.
(b) Skill.
(c) Placement.
(d) Decision-making.

4. The Buddha apparently approved of worship at _____.
(a) Non-Buddhist shrines.
(b) City centers.
(c) Sacrificial altars.
(d) Sunrise.

5. The bodhisattva turns away from samsara as a place of _____.
(a) Suffering.
(b) Refuge.
(c) Denial.
(d) Enlightenment.

6. To whom did the Buddha teach dharma after he performed the miracle after his awakening?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

7. One of the five hindrances is _____.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Piety.
(c) Sensual desire.
(d) Oblation.

8. The self is characterized as _____ in the early Upanisads.
(a) Ungraspable.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Creative.

9. The great theme of the Perfection of Wisdom is _____.
(a) Striving.
(b) Leaving.
(c) Gladness.
(d) Emptiness.

10. One of the basic critiques of self in Buddhism that implies a constant that Buddhism believes is not constant is _____.
(a) Language.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Emotions.

11. Much of Buddhist thought is not so much concerned with walking the eightfold path as with _____ the eightfold path.
(a) Finding.
(b) Running.
(c) Destroying.
(d) Avoiding.

12. Samsara is _____.
(a) The round of rebirth.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Chakra light source.
(d) Death.

13. Where did the Buddha sit twenty-one days after his awakening?
(a) The House of Karma.
(b) The House of Dharma.
(c) The House of Candles.
(d) The House of Jewels.

14. In Buddhism, the truth underlying reality is _____.
(a) Wielding.
(b) Thusness.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Meditation.

15. When he ascended to heaven after performing the miracle, under which tree did he sit to do his teaching?
(a) The Coral Tree.
(b) The Bodhi Tree.
(c) The Liquid Amber Tree.
(d) The Karma Tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. All Buddhism knows the story of the ascetic, _____.

2. Flowers, incense, and lamps are _____ in modern Buddhism.

3. Abhidharma captures the very essence of dharma, which means that its sound can almost operate as a _____.

4. The sravaka in the Mahayana tradition is a _____.

5. The notion of self is born of _____.

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