Chapter 5 Self-Quiz

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. The Tripitaka is an authoritative text of ________. (Page 2)

Mahayana Buddhism correct incorrect

Vajrayana Buddhism correct incorrect

Theravada Buddhism correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. The last of Siddartha Gautama's four sights was ________. (Page 15)

a sick man correct incorrect

an ascetic correct incorrect

a dead body correct incorrect

a suffering man correct incorrect

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. The Eightfold path is NOT ________. (Page 192)

a linear progression toward enlightenment correct incorrect

the prescription for the cessation of suffering correct incorrect

what the Buddha realized under the bodhi tree correct incorrect

the practical element of Four Noble Truths correct incorrect

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. According to the Buddhist dharma, the three characteristics of existence include: (Page 30)

Impermanence, suffering, and no-self correct incorrect

Impermanence, suffering, and perpetuity correct incorrect

Suffering, no-self, and perpetuity correct incorrect

No-self, perpetuity, and gratitude correct incorrect

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. The major dispute at Council of Vaishali was: (Page 41)

Money correct incorrect

Authority correct incorrect

Control of the monasteries correct incorrect

Arhats and spiritual attainment correct incorrect

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. Hinayana ________. (Page 206)

is a derogatory term for the Theravada tradition correct incorrect

means "greater vehicle" correct incorrect

is the third turning of the wheel of Buddhism correct incorrect

is not a term in Buddhism correct incorrect

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. In Thailand, Buddhism is ________. (Page 209)

completely separate from the monarchy correct incorrect

in a weakened state after the fall of the king correct incorrect

a decentralized group of monastics correct incorrect

closely tied to the royal family correct incorrect

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. The most common Theravada ritual is the ________. (Page 214)

vision meditation correct incorrect

chanting of mantras correct incorrect

Buddha-puja correct incorrect

zazen correct incorrect

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. The Mahayana vehicle gained prominence in the ________ region by the fourth century CE. (Page 215)

southern region of India correct incorrect

Indus Valley correct incorrect

Silk Road correct incorrect

Bay of Bengal correct incorrect

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. 10. Early Buddhism taught that there were ________ perfections. (Page 218)

4 correct incorrect

3 correct incorrect

8 correct incorrect

6 correct incorrect

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. In terms of the school's position, critics of the Yogacara school found it problematic that (Page 221)

samsara equating with nirvana was not possible correct incorrect

storehouse consciousness was the same as atman correct incorrect

relying on Amitabha was not acceptable correct incorrect

enlightenment would be instantaneous and sudden correct incorrect

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. Guanyin is a ________. (Page 223)

bodhisattva helper of Amituofo correct incorrect

female buddha of the future correct incorrect

Chinese Madonna correct incorrect

Chinese nun correct incorrect

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. ________ is NOT an aspect of the Chan/Zen Buddhist tradition. (Page 90)

Koans correct incorrect

Other-power correct incorrect

Mind-to-body transmission correct incorrect

Mind-to-mind transmission correct incorrect

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. Vajrayana is also known as the ________. (Page 226)

Greater Vehicle correct incorrect

thunder tradition correct incorrect

diamond tradition correct incorrect

Lesser vehicle correct incorrect

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. The Dalai Lama is the ________. (Page 127)

religious leader of China correct incorrect

religious leader of Japan correct incorrect

exiled religious leader of Vietnam correct incorrect

exiled religious leader of the Philippines correct incorrect

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. In South Korea, the largest Buddhist denomination today is the ________. (Page 107)

Jogye school correct incorrect

Pure Land school correct incorrect

Soen school correct incorrect

Won school correct incorrect

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. The pole in the centre of a stupa represents ________.(Page 109)

Vulture's Peak correct incorrect

where the relic is located in the stupa correct incorrect

Mount Meru correct incorrect

the spirit of the stupa correct incorrect

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. Buddha was ________. (Page 241)

depicted by flowers in iconographic images correct incorrect

never depicted in images until very recently correct incorrect

depicted by a wheel, originally correct incorrect

originally depicted by only a pipal tree correct incorrect

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. In India, Buddhism ________. (Page 243)

largely disappeared between the seventh and twentieth centuries correct incorrect

is now only found in the northwest of the country correct incorrect

has always existed alongside the Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh traditions correct incorrect

grew in number of followers between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries correct incorrect

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. In the 1970s, the Khmer Rouge overthrew the monarchy in Cambodia. The monks were ________. (Page 246)

all forced into labor in the rice paddies correct incorrect

one of the primary groups of people to be targeted for elimination correct incorrect

revered as they always had been as long as they turned a blind eye to the "killing fields" correct incorrect

exiled to Angkor Wat, in northwestern Cambodia correct incorrect