Buddhism Assessment Revision

Which of the following is the most accurate translation of the Four Noble Truths?

• Life is suffering. Suffering can be extinguished through kindness. Kindness is the middle way. The middle way leads to enlightenent.
• Life is suffering. Suffering leads us away from the eightfold path. The eightfold path leads to an end to suffering. Ending sufferoing leads to enlightenment.
• Life is suffering. All suffering is caused by desire. Extinguishing desire can extinguish suffering. The way to extinguish desire is by following the eightfold path.
• Life is suffering. Suffering is caused by anger. Anger leads to hate, hate leads to fear. You can cease to fear by following the eightfold path.

What was the first of the four sights?

• A Sick Man

• A Dead Man

• An Old Man

• A Blind Man

What sentence best describes an ascetic?

• Someone who gives up worldly comforts to be closer to God.
• Someone who doesn't wear clothes to be more holy.
• A holy man who doesn't eat.
• Someone who lives in the forest to be closer to nature.
• A Buddhist holy man.

Which term means 'way of the elders' in Sanskrit?

• Shaolin
• Therevada
• Mahayana
• Hinayana

What role did the Buddha have at the beginning of his life?

• Prince
• Holy Man

• Teacher

• Ascetic

What term describes the realisation of the truth?

• Therevada

• Meditation

• Enlightenment

• Buddhahood

Which of the following is NOT an element of the eightfold path. Select all the options that apply.

• Right generostiy
• Right optimism
• Right movement
• Right speech
• Right action

Most Buddhists are atheists. This term describes:

• The belief in one God.
• The belief in no gods.
• The belief that God is present in all things
• The lack of a belief in any gods.

Which term means 'great raft' or 'big ship' in Sanskrit?

• Shaolin
• Therevada
• Mahayana
• Hinayana

What is the Buddhist word that describes the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth?

• Samsara
• Nirvana

• Anicca

• Mahayana