Question 1

What word is best translated as "selfish thirst?"

Accepted Answer

tanha

Answer

dukkha

Answer

dharma

Answer

schwarma

Question 2

What is best characterized as the "cure" for suffering?

Accepted Answer

The Eightfold Path

Answer

The Three Jewels

Answer

The first three Noble Truths

Answer

The Three Marks of Existence

Question 3

The arhat is best compared to this in Christianity.

Accepted Answer

Living "saint"

Answer

martyr

Answer

pope

Answer

heretic

Question 4

What word in Buddhism is the "blowing out" of desire that is liberation?

Accepted Answer

nirvana

Answer

samsara

Answer

samadhi

Answer

yanas

Question 5

What is the "great vehicle" of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Mahayana

Answer

Zen

Answer

Theravada

Answer

Vajrayana

Question 6

Which form of Buddhism is the "way of the Elders?"

Accepted Answer

Theravada

Answer

Zen

Answer

Mahayana

Answer

Vajrayana

Question 7

Which form of Buddhism has more emphasis on monks?

Accepted Answer

Theravada

Answer

Zen

Answer

Mahayana

Answer

Vajrayana

Question 8

Which form of Buddhism emphasizes bodhisattvas?

Accepted Answer

Mahayana

Answer

Theravada

Answer

Zen

Answer

Vajrayana

Question 9

What type of Buddhism is more commonly known as Tibetan Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Vajrayana

Answer

Theravada

Answer

Mahayana

Answer

Zen

Question 10

Who is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

the Dalai Lama

Answer

Mahavira

Answer

Guru Nanak's successor

Answer

Kumbum

Question 11

According to the text, the act of chanting mantras best aligns with which element of religion?

Accepted Answer

ritual

Answer

spiritual

Answer

ethical

Answer

social

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