Lesson A3.O1.1.4

A3.O1.1.4 Human personality Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Religious Studies, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. How many aggregates (skandhas) does the Theravada account of personality describe?

    • Five
    • Four
    • Eight
    • Three

  2. What is the Pali term used for the aggregates in the specification?

    • Samsara (rebirth)
    • Khandhas (skandhas)
    • Nirvana (liberation)
    • Tanha (craving)

  3. Which Mahayana concept describes emptiness of inherent, independent nature?

    • Anatta
    • Dukkha
    • Sunyata
    • Samsara

  4. What is the English translation of the term tathagatagarbha?

    • Buddha-nature
    • Emptiness
    • Endless cycle
    • Four truths

  5. Which Dhammapada verse is cited for the ever-changing aggregates?

    • Dhammapada 113
    • Dhammapada 1
    • Dhammapada 183
    • Dhammapada 282

  6. Which tradition teaches that all beings possess Buddha-nature?

    • Hinayana
    • Secular
    • Theravada
    • Mahayana

  7. Which tradition does the five aggregates teaching belong to?

    • Vajrayana
    • Theravada
    • Mahayana
    • Pure Land

  8. How many aggregates make up human personality in Theravada teaching?

    • Eight
    • Four
    • Five
    • Six

  9. A Theravada monk says a person is a changing combination of five elements, none a permanent self. Which teaching is this?

    • The Three Jewels
    • The five aggregates
    • The Six Perfections
    • The Five Precepts

  10. A Mahayana teacher says all things are empty of fixed, independent existence. Which concept is this?

    • Anicca
    • Karma
    • Tanha
    • Sunyata

  11. A Tibetan teacher says every being has the seed of Buddhahood. Which concept is this?

    • Anatta
    • Tanha
    • Dukkha
    • Tathagatagarbha

  12. What key Mahayana concept encourages practitioners regarding their spiritual potential?

    • Dukkha
    • Buddha-nature
    • Anicca
    • Tanha

  13. What do the five aggregates replace the concept of in Buddhism?

    • Mental state
    • Moral duty
    • Permanent soul
    • Physical body

  14. What continues from life to life instead of an eternal soul?

    • Fixed essence
    • Karmic continuity
    • Personal ego
    • Spiritual spark

  15. Which characteristic do the five aggregates constantly demonstrate?

    • Impermanence
    • Perfection
    • Salvation
    • Permanence

  16. What does the Mahayana term sunyata mean?

    • Rebirth
    • Suffering
    • Nothingness
    • Emptiness

  17. What does tathagatagarbha suggest about the spiritual goal of all beings?

    • Immediate perfection
    • Divine judgment
    • Guaranteed salvation
    • Potential for enlightenment

  18. What do both the aggregates and sunyata challenge in human belief?

    • Rebirth cycle
    • Karmic law
    • Moral duty
    • Fixed self

  19. What do comparisons of Theravada aggregates and Mahayana ideas highlight?

    • Temple architecture
    • Meditation posture
    • Monastic diet
    • Views of personhood

  20. What does recognising ever-changing aggregates encourage in Buddhist ethics?

    • Non-attachment
    • Eternalism
    • Materialism
    • Hedonism

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