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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. One of the ten rules of training for a monk involves refraining from sleeping _____.
(a) On the ground.
(b) On luxurious beds.
(c) On straw.
(d) Elevated above the ground.

5. The various Indo-Aryan dialects, the vernacular of Buddha's time, are known as _____.
(a) Taisho.
(b) Prakrit.
(c) Sanskrit.
(d) Pali.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The religious tradition of Buddhism, at the time of the writing of the book, was followed by over _____ people.

3. The _____ school of Buddhism in the sixth and seventh centuries was suspicious of theoretical formulations regarding the practice of Buddhism.

4. What did W.C. Peppe find when he was digging on his estate in India?

5. One of the ancient and recurring images in Indian religious discourse is of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the responsibility of a Buddha regarding teaching?

2. What is the significance of celibacy in the life of a monk?

3. Why did the Buddha possibly refuse to give categorical answers to the ten undetermined questions?

4. Why has the prominence of the ancient oral traditions concerning Buddhism changed?

5. Which offenses can result in a probationary period involving loss of full status as a member of the Sangha by a monk?

6. How is bodhi characterized?

7. What is the psychological relationship of aversion to craving?

8. Why was the oral tradition of communicating the concept of dharma considered to be more accurate than the written tradition by some people?

9. What language did the Buddha use to communicate his ideas and why?

10. How did the Buddha respond when Malunkya said he would stop training with him if he didn't answer the ten undetermined questions?

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