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Quiz for Working with Evidence: Representations of the Buddha

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. In Footprints of the Buddha (Source 4.1), which aspect of the image represents the Buddha’s teaching?

The Buddha’s two footprints

The two female figures in the bottom corners

The three-pronged emblems on the heels of the Buddha footprints

The wheel-like structure in between the two footprints and in the center of each footprint

1. In Footprints of the Buddha (Source 4.1), which aspect of the image represents the Buddha’s teaching?

2. Which source reflects Greco-Roman influence on Buddhist art?

Footprints of the Buddha (Source 4.1)

A Gandhara Buddha (Source 4.2)

A Bodhisattva of Compassion (Source 4.3)

The Chinese Maitreya Buddha (Source 4.4)

2. Which source reflects Greco-Roman influence on Buddhist art?

3. Which source does not depict the Buddha, but rather, a fully enlightened religious figure in the Mahayana tradition?

Footprints of the Buddha (Source 4.1)

A Gandhara Buddha (Source 4.2)

A Bodhisattva of Compassion (Source 4.3)

The Chinese Maitreya Buddha (Source 4.4)

3. Which source does not depict the Buddha, but rather, a fully enlightened religious figure in the Mahayana tradition?

4. The Chinese Maitreya Buddha (Source 4.4) is said to be modeled on whom?

The historical Buddha

A Chinese monk named Budai

The Senju Kannon from Japan

The Bodhisttva Mara

4. The Chinese Maitreya Buddha (Source 4.4) is said to be modeled on whom?

5. Who are the female figures in A Gandhara Buddha (Source 4.2)?

The Buddha’s first female followers

Earth spirits known as Yakshis

The daughters of the demon Mara

The Buddha’s mother and wife

5. Who are the female figures in A Gandhara Buddha (Source 4.2)?