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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Brahmajala Sutta is a discourse on the ____.
(a) Karmic wheel.
(b) Abhidharma.
(c) Total being.
(d) Supreme net.

4. The implications when using the word 'I' in a sentence is that it is a _____.
(a) Derivative.
(b) Variable.
(c) Constant.
(d) Detachment.

5. The Buddhist texts call the physical world _____.
(a) Context.
(b) Derivation.
(c) Form.
(d) Content.

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

7. The dhyanas are levels of _____.
(a) Monkdom.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Existence.

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

9. Death is simply a _____ of events.
(a) Distraction from.
(b) Reconfiguration.
(c) Recurrence.
(d) Continuation.

10. The Buddha of early texts may have been critical of Brahmanical ritual due to the involvement of _____ in these rituals.
(a) Animal sacrifice.
(b) The use of fire.
(c) Human sacrifice.
(d) The use of hallucingens.

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

12. The notion of self is born of _____.
(a) Desperation and derision.
(b) Constancy and eternity.
(c) Delusion or ignorance.
(d) Joy and love.

13. One of the four elements in Buddhism is _____.
(a) Copper.
(b) The soul.
(c) Air.
(d) Humanity.

14. The linking of different lives into a causal series is understood as a particular function of _____.
(a) Mental phenomena.
(b) Physical phenomena.
(c) Externally-caused phenomena.
(d) Auditory phenomena.

15. The subject of the monk Nagasena's story to the king is a _____.
(a) Dog.
(b) Camel.
(c) Hut.
(d) Chariot.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Buddhist attitude toward good conduct and the suggestion of adherence to moral principles for their own sake may be an expression of _____.

2. The moment of attaining one of the paths and fruits of stream-attainment is called _____.

3. The repository manuals related to the sutras are called the _____.

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

5. How long have people been wandering through samsara?

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