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Problemset Title Introductory Text Chapter Exam – Multiple Choice Question 1 How were the diverse, enduring Buddhist communities in northwestern India almost destroyed beginning around the fifth century c.e.? Hint: Type: Multiple Choice Question 2 Type: Multiple Choice Question 3 Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback Foreign invaders, starting with the Huns and ending with the Turkish Mughals, conquered them. Correct Drought caused severe famine and loss of life. Incorrect Christian missionaries converted them to Christianity. Incorrect Hindus conquered them and forced them to move. Incorrect They could not resist pressure to embrace the local faiths. Incorrect Which sutra was most cherished and became the bible of Tiantai Buddhism? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As the Lotus Sutra Correct the Prajnaparamita Sutra Incorrect the elementary Mahayana sutras Incorrect the Four Noble Truths Incorrect the Noble Eightfold Path Incorrect What slowed the initial spread of Buddhism in China? Hint: Type: Feedback for Multiple Choice Feedback all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback During the Han Empire, Confucians, who held Correct virtually all important government posts, resisted the new religion. Question 4 The Han Empire persecuted Buddhist missionaries, who then fled China. Incorrect Many Buddhist missionaries became fascinated by Confucianism and ultimately followed it. Incorrect Language was a major barrier because the Buddhist missionaries could not speak Chinese. Incorrect Civil wars caused the fall of the Han Dynasty, which supported the Buddhist cause. Incorrect What initially attracted the curious Chinese to Buddhism? Hint: Type: Feedback for Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Question 5 Type: Multiple Choice Answer Graded As the Buddhist emphasis on disciplined meditation Correct Buddhism's great divergence from Daoism Incorrect Buddhism's great divergence from Confucianism Incorrect Buddhism's acceptance of the duality between being and non-being Incorrect the translation of Buddhist literature into Chinese by Kumarajiva Incorrect Feedback How did Zhiyi resolve the contradictions among the diverse Buddhist teachings in China? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded Feedback As by explaining the reasons for the differences and Correct proclaiming that all of the teachings were true by designating the Mahayana teaching as elemental Incorrect by declaring the Theravada teaching as the ultimate and supreme truth Incorrect by founding Tiantai monastery and assuming strict authority over all Buddhist thought Incorrect by recognizing only the Avatamsaka Sutra as the Incorrect truth Question 6 Type: Multiple Choice Why did Zhiyi, who initiated the teaching of Tiantai Buddhism, emphasize the third monastic precept, "acceptance"? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As to nurture compassion, and thus eliminate the illusion of the ego Correct to encourage meek acceptance of whatever one is asked to do Incorrect Feedback to illuminate the monks about the importance of Incorrect accepting Buddha as savior Question 7 Type: Multiple Choice to teach the futility of struggle Incorrect to emphasize that acceptance will allow one to visualize the Buddha Amitabha Incorrect Which of the following sums up the message of the Avatamsaka, the thrust of the teaching of Huayan? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As see that everything manifests the perfection of the Absolute Correct Feedback Question 8 Type: Multiple Choice Question 9 Type: Multiple Choice ceaselessly repeat invocation of the Buddha's name Incorrect emphasize sitting meditation but keep oneself open to other methods Incorrect nurture compassion and thus root out hatred Incorrect make oneself deserving of rebirth in the Pure Land of Sukhavati Incorrect Which of the following will lead to salvation, according to Pure Land Buddhism? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As faith in other-power (tariki) Correct faith in self-power (jiriki) Incorrect repetition of the name of Mahayana Incorrect visualization of Hui Yuan Incorrect presence of Dharmakara at the time of a person's death Incorrect Feedback Of the many Buddhist sects that flourished in China, which two were destined to dominate the scene in the long run? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback Pure Land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism Correct Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism Incorrect Question 10 Type: Multiple Choice Huayan Buddhism and Tiantai Buddhism Incorrect Tibetan Buddhism and Tendai Buddhism Incorrect Huayan Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism Incorrect After the persecution of 445 c.e., which Indian meditation-master's travel to China would initiate a new and profoundly important tradition in the history of Mahayana Buddhism? Hint: Feedback for all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Bodhidharma Correct Avalokiteshvara Incorrect Buddha Amitabha Incorrect Zhiyi Incorrect Kumarajiva Incorrect Feedback