Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The Buddha's name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning
		A)	spirit warrior.
		B)	middle path.
		C)	energy.
		D)	to wake up.


2	The Buddha's first disciples were
		A)	his wife and child.
		B)	his five former ascetic companions.
		C)	the great King Ashoka.
		D)	members of the warrior-noble caste.


3	According to the Buddha, his teachings must be
		A)	accepted on faith.
		B)	experienced in order to be worthwhile.
		C)	memorized and chanted.
		D)	spread by missionaries.


4	The Buddha was silent on questions about
		A)	suffering.
		B)	violence.
		C)	inner peace.
		D)	topics that were unanswerable.


5	Once a person reaches nirvana,
		A)	suffering ends immediately.
		B)	samsara is attained.
		C)	rebirth is finished.
		D)	the Pure Land is entered.


6	Which did the Buddha not oppose?
		A)	strong devotion to a guru
		B)	the power of a priestly class
		C)	detachment
		D)	rituals for the gods


7	A sign of connection between Theravada monks and the wandering Hindu ascetics is
		A)	the umbrella.
		B)	the shaved head.
		C)	the designation of being an arhat.
		D)	the orange robe.


8	Zen is derived from a word referring to one of the steps in the eightfold path, whose _meaning is
		A)	compassion.
		B)	wisdom.
		C)	to live kindly.
		D)	meditation.


9	Mahayana Buddhism
		A)	spread south to Sri Lanka and east to Thailand
		B)	continued in India until modern times
		C)	spread north to China and Japan
		D)	replaced Taoism in China


10	Each Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism is considered to be
		A)	the Buddha reincarnated.
		B)	King Ashoka reincarnated.
		C)	an emanation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
		D)	an emanation of Amitabha.

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