Chapter 6 Multiple-Choice Self-Quiz (Level 1)

. Today the number of Jains in the world is about

5.6 million.

12.5 million.

18 million.

35 million.

. Each of the Jain founding figures is considered to be a jina, or

"holy one."

"avenger."

"redeemer."

"conqueror."

. Although there is no record of Mahavira and the Buddha having met,

their legendary biographies are strikingly similar.

many scholars consider them actually to have been close friends and colleagues.

the textual evidence shows that they rigorously opposed each other's viewpoints.

Mahavira was quite possibly a follower of the Buddha.

. Mahavira preached for some thirty years until, at the age of seventy-two, he

died in the town of Pava, located in the northern Indian state of Bihar.

left the Jain community and disappeared into the Himalayas.

returned to his hometown to retire from the religious life.

finally was acknowledged by followers to be a tirthankara.

. The most distinctive Jain doctrine is

karma.

ahimsa.

sallekhana.

dharma.

. Jainism holds that the universe has

an almost limitless number of atoms, forever distinct from one another.

eight basic categories of nonliving entities.

twelve realms inhabited by human beings, gods, and goddesses.

an infinite number of jivas, or souls.

. The founders of Jainism fit into a general category of religious movements that emphasized as a means of spiritual development

asceticism.

the indoctrination of ruling monarchs.

large groups of worshippers all devoutly committed to a single deity.

the creation of sacred art.

. Jains through the centuries have tended to engage in

various forms of agriculture.

international diplomacy, fostered by the sizable centers of Jain population around the world.

trade and other forms of business.

occupations such as hunting and fishing.

. Monks of Jainism's Shvetambara sect

go about the land "sky-clad," without clothing.

wear white garments.

regularly give food to passersby as one of their religious duties.

are known for their ability to recite from memory the Mahabharata.

. Sallekhana is

the intentional fasting of oneself to death.

a sacrifice of ten oxen to Brahma.

a ritual journey on foot across India.

a sacred marriage of a Digambara boy to a Shvetambara girl.

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