Cloze Test – Test 15

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The (21) for the life of Siddhartha Gautama are a variety of different, and sometimes conflicting, traditional biographies. These (22) the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sutra, Mahavastu, and the Nidanakatha. Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography, an epic poem written by the poet Asvaghoṣa in the first century CE. The Lalitavistara Sutra is the (23) oldest biography, a Mahayana / Sarvastivada biography dating to the 3rd century CE. The Mahavastu from the Mahasaṃghika Lokottaravada tradition is another major biography, (24) incrementally until perhaps the 4th century CE. The Dharmaguptaka biography of the Buddha is the most exhaustive, and is (25) the Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sutra, and various Chinese translations of this date between the 3rd and 6th century CE. The Nidanakatha is from the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka and was composed in the 5th century by Buddhaghoṣa.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The (21) for the life of Siddhartha Gautama are a variety of different, and sometimes conflicting, traditional biographies. These (22) the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sutra, Mahavastu, and the Nidanakatha. Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography, an epic poem written by the poet Asvaghoṣa in the first century CE. The Lalitavistara Sutra is the (23) oldest biography, a Mahayana / Sarvastivada biography dating to the 3rd century CE. The Mahavastu from the Mahasaṃghika Lokottaravada tradition is another major biography, (24) incrementally until perhaps the 4th century CE. The Dharmaguptaka biography of the Buddha is the most exhaustive, and is (25) the Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sutra, and various Chinese translations of this date between the 3rd and 6th century CE. The Nidanakatha is from the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka and was composed in the 5th century by Buddhaghoṣa.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The (21) for the life of Siddhartha Gautama are a variety of different, and sometimes conflicting, traditional biographies. These (22) the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sutra, Mahavastu, and the Nidanakatha. Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography, an epic poem written by the poet Asvaghoṣa in the first century CE. The Lalitavistara Sutra is the (23) oldest biography, a Mahayana / Sarvastivada biography dating to the 3rd century CE. The Mahavastu from the Mahasaṃghika Lokottaravada tradition is another major biography, (24) incrementally until perhaps the 4th century CE. The Dharmaguptaka biography of the Buddha is the most exhaustive, and is (25) the Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sutra, and various Chinese translations of this date between the 3rd and 6th century CE. The Nidanakatha is from the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka and was composed in the 5th century by Buddhaghoṣa.