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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "Buddha" mean?One who has become freeOne who has become strong in the forceOne who has been driven to the dark sideOne who has become enlightened
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was taught by the Buddha, the path one must follow to achieve nirvana?
The Five Pillars
The Four Noble Truths
The Eightfold Path
Ten Commandments
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or bell?
mosque
stupa
Kaaba
shul
- 4. Multiple Choice
People or water often turn these to send the blessings and prayers that are inside.
Prayer Wheels
Dharma Spinners
Karma Fans
Prayer Screws
- 5. Multiple Choice
What symbolizes enlightenment and is the throne of Buddha for many statues?
Lotus
Rose
Lily
Carnation
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life?
karma
dharma
Brahman
Atman
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the Buddhist community of monks and nuns; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism?
Dharma
Karma
Sangha
Sutra
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death?
O-Bon
Vesak
Hanukkah
Ramadan
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is it to go without food for a period of time?
fast
feast
fest
fat
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is it called to focus the mind on spiritual ideas?
meditation
mediation
median
mediocre
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did King Suddhodana keep Siddhartha in the palace?
So he wouldn't see suffering
So he wouldn't get sick
So he wouldn't fall in love
So he wouldn't overeat
- 12. Multiple Choice
Buddha's real name was Siddhartha Gautama.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Siddhartha learned that being an ascetic did not bring enlightenment, so he aimed to find a balance between the extremes of pleasure and pain. He called this the...
holy way
higher way
middle way
Buddhist way
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Buddha said that one could end suffering and find enlightenment by following...
ones' own heart
the Eightfold Path
Asceticism
your Dharma
- 15. Multiple Choice
Where does human suffering come from?
From nature
Desire and attachment
evil and fear
unmet expectations
- 16. Multiple Choice
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is known as
Moksha
Atman
Samsara
Brahman
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does Buddha mean?
Suffering
Life of Moderation
Enlightened One
An awakening to the truth
- 18. Multiple Choice
What are the basic teachings of Buddhism concerning suffering called?
Ten Commandments
The Four Noble Truths
Shar'ia Law
The Five Noble Truths
- 19. Multiple Choice
Siddhartha was born in what is now Nepal but was then ___.
India.
China.
Hong Kong.
Japan.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe man who became the Buddha was born a ____________prince.pauper.merchant.farmer.
- 21. Multiple Choice
This leader of Buddhist Tibet had to flee the country after the Chinese invaded in the 1950s
Dalai Lama
Bodhisattva
the lamadama
Delhi Lama
- 22. Multiple Choice
What does Vesak or Wesak celebrate?
The Middle Path
The birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha
The life of the Dalai Lama
When the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe god or supreme deity for Buddhism isSiddartha GautamaThe Dalai LamaThere is no god or supreme deityThe Bodhisattvas
- 24. Multiple ChoiceBuddhism shares its roots with this other major religion. What is it?ChristianityConfucianismHinduismTaoism
- 25. Multiple Choice
Siddhartha's father wanted to prevent his son from
being well educated.
marrying.
seeing people suffer.
living a life of luxury.
- 26. Multiple Choice
The three forms of suffering that Siddhartha encountered were
aging, greed, and health.
sickness, knowledge, and aging.
aging, sickness, and death.
death, persecution, and sickness.
- 27. Multiple Choice
Buddhism sacred texts
Qur'an
Tripitaka
Bible
Torah
Vedas
- 28. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the collection of Buddha's teachings?
dharma
sutras
five precepts
samsara
- 29. Multiple Choice
What is the symbol for the path to enlightenment?
eight spoked wheel
swastika
lily flower
mandala
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a branch of Buddhism?
Mahayana
Thermador
Mantra
Tripitaka
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which of these is NOT one of the three jewels?
Buddha
Dharma
Sangha
Tripitaka
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