Hindusim & Buddhism

1. The founder of Buddhism was

Chandragupta Maurya

Asoka

Rigveda

Siddhartha Gautama

2. The idea that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death and progresses through several existences on the while of life is known as

Buddhism

Reincarnation

Hinduism

Janism

3. Which of the following is not a part of the trinity of Hindu gods

Indra, the Warrior

Brahman the Creator

Vishnu the Preserver

Siva the Destroyer

4. The concept of one's actions in the present life affecting their rebirth in the next life is known as

Reincarnation

Dharma

Bodhi

Karma

5. Asoka

Helped spread Buddhism by forcing all of his subjects to convert to the faith

Helped spread Buddhism by sending missionaries throughout India and erected stone pillars with Buddhist inscriptions

Prevented the spread of Buddhism by refusing to allow people to practice the faith

Prevented the spread of Buddhism by being a negative example of how the faith should be practiced

6. The term dharma refers to

The lowest caste in the varna

Laws governing the behavior of individuals depending on their status in society

The most important goddess in Hinduism

The achievement of ultimate release from the wheel of life

7. Nirvana refers to

The Buddhist belief of the extinction of self-hood and the final reunion with the Great World Soul

Wisdom achieved when worldly cares are abandoned

The Hindu belief in the release from the wheel of life

The Janist belief in rejecting all material possessions

8. Which of the following is not one of the Four Noble Truths set forth by Siddhartha Gautama

Life is suffering

Suffering is caused by desire

The way to end suffering is to end desire

The way to end suffering is to commit to a life of poverty

9. Buddhism accepted all of the following practices of Hinduism EXCEPT

Reincarnation

Karma

The existence of an individual soul

Nonviolence

10. The Upanishads

Are a religious sect that completely rejected anything having material value

Are the collection of sermons preached by Siddhartha Gautama explaining the basics of Buddhism

Are a set of commentaries on the Vedas compiled in the sixth century BCE

Are the rock pillars created by Chandragupta Maurya to spread Hinduism

11. Early Aryan religious beliefs include all of the following EXCEPT

The Eightfold path

Numerous gods and goddesses

Offering sacrifices

The practice of asceticism

12. Buddhism differs from Hinduism in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Rejecting the multitude of gods and goddesses of the Hindu faith

Rejecting the Hindu division of humanity into rigidly defined castes

Allowing women to join monastaries

Belief in reincarnation

Hindusim & Buddhism

1. The founder of Buddhism was

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The idea that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death and progresses through several existences on the while of life is known as

3. Which of the following is not a part of the trinity of Hindu gods

4. The concept of one's actions in the present life affecting their rebirth in the next life is known as

5. Asoka

6. The term dharma refers to

7. Nirvana refers to

8. Which of the following is not one of the Four Noble Truths set forth by Siddhartha Gautama

9. Buddhism accepted all of the following practices of Hinduism EXCEPT

10. The Upanishads

11. Early Aryan religious beliefs include all of the following EXCEPT

12. Buddhism differs from Hinduism in all of the following ways EXCEPT