This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Buddhism, The Secret of the Flower, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Diamond Thunderbolt, | Chapter III, Buddhism, The Image of Crossing,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject matter of the Buddha's first sermon?
(a) The Wheel of Fortune
(b) The Eight-fold Path
(c) The Way to Enlightenment
(d) The Four Nobel Truths

2. What does the first signpost of the Path of Renunciation which reads "the community" offer the individual?
(a) It offers membership in a larger family.
(b) It offers a better way to get what you want.
(c) It offers political opportunity to gain more personal power.
(d) It offers more lasting value than the self-centered desires of human nature.

3. What is the sangha?
(a) A permit to travel
(b) A Buddist religious order
(c) A tree that grows in India
(d) A type of beer

4. What is the main departure of Tibetan Buddhism?
(a) It enables achieving nirvana within a single lifetime.
(b) No begging for food
(c) Prayer wheels and magic bells
(d) Doing away with monks' robes

5. Why is the question of "is this all" relevant to Hinduism?
(a) Because Hinduism constantly demands more
(b) Because Hinduism has no beginning or ending
(c) Because it affirms that there is far more to life than satisfying pleasures.
(d) Because Hinduism fails to give the answers to life's questions.