QUIZ 497

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. The Mahāvastu from the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda tradition is another major biography, composed incrementally until perhaps the 4th century CE.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. The Dharmaguptaka biography of the Buddha is the most exhaustive.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. The Nidānakathā is from the Theravāda tradition in Sri Lanka, was composed in the 5th century CE by Buddhaghosa.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. The Jātakas retell previous lives of Gautama as a Bodhisattva.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. The Mahāpadāna Sutta and Achariyabhuta Sutta both recount bodhisattva's descent from Tuṣita Heaven into his mother's womb.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A