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Buddhism Review 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is nirvana?

a)

a state of perfect peace

b)

heaven

c)

paradise

d)

a state of perfect pizza

2.

What is a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others?

a)

monk

b)

rabbi

c)

missionary

d)

priest

3.

What was taught by the Buddha, the path one must follow to achieve nirvana?

a)

The Five Pillars

b)

The Four Noble Truths

c)

The Eightfold Path

d)

Ten Commandments

4.

What is a Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound?

a)

mosque

b)

stupa

c)

Kaaba

d)

shul

5.

What are the sacred writings of Buddhists?

a)

Vedas

b)

Qur'an

c)

sudras

d)

stupas

6.

What is a place of worship that is often dedicated to a sacred object or person?

a)

mosque

b)

Kaaba

c)

shrine

d)

shul

7.

People or water often turn these to send the blessings and prayers that are inside.

a)

Prayer Wheels

b)

Dharma Spinners

c)

Karma Fans

d)

Prayer Screws

8.

What is the belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life?

a)

karma

b)

dharma

c)

Brahman

d)

Atman

9.

What is the Buddhist community of monks and nuns; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism?

a)

Dharma

b)

Karma

c)

Sangha

d)

Sutra

10.

What do you call a man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery?

a)

missionary

b)

monk

c)

nun

d)

minister

11.

What do you call a woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church?

a)

nun

b)

none

c)

gnu

d)

gnome

12.

What is the tree of enlightenment. Buddha to be sat under the tree in profound meditation until he achieved enlightenment.

a)

oak

b)

elm

c)

bohdi

d)

palm

e)

cypress

13.

What is a celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death? People will be dancing and celebrating in the streets.

a)

O-Bon

b)

Vesak

c)

Hanukkah

d)

Ramadan

14.

How should Buddhists follow The Eightfold Path; not too much pleasure, and not too much suffering?

a)

No Doubt

b)

One Direction

c)

Middle Way

d)

Why Don't We

15.

What is it to go without food for a period of time?

a)

fast

b)

feast

c)

fest

d)

fat

16.

What is it called to focus the mind on spiritual ideas?

a)

meditation

b)

mediation

c)

median

d)

mediocre

17.

Why did Siddhartha leave the palace?

a)

To find what causes suffering

b)

to run away from his father

c)

to find his true calling

d)

to look for knowledge

18.

What does "Buddha" mean?

a)

"Lifted One"

b)

"Awakened One"

c)

"Shining One"

d)

"Sleeping One"

19.

Where was Prince Siddhartha born?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Egypt

20.

Which of the following is a basic Buddhist belief?

a)

teaching simple principles

b)

embracing people from any level of society

c)

reaching enlightenment

d)

all of these options

21.

Siddhartha's father wanted to prevent his son from

a)

being well educated.

b)

marrying.

c)

seeing people suffer.

d)

living a life of luxury.

22.

What happened when Siddhartha was 29?

a)

He had a son and began to travel outside of his palaces.

b)

He traveled to many different countries to experience different cultures.

c)

He became very sick and was forced to become an ascetic.

d)

He got married to a young noblewoman and built her a new palace.

23.

Siddhartha meditated about the way to reach true happiness and peace, also called

a)

alms.

b)

nirvana.

c)

the Four Noble Truths.

d)

Buddhism.

24.

The basic principles of Buddhism, such as "suffering is present in all things," is called

a)

the Eightfold Path.

b)

the Four Noble Truths.

c)

nirvana.

d)

enlightenment.

25.

The teachings of "right understanding," "right action," and "right concentration" are part of the

a)

Four Noble Truths.

b)

ascetic lifestyle.

c)

Hindu religion.

d)

Eightfold Path.