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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mindful breathing and meditation can help us with what?
(a) Compassionate acting.
(b) Compassionate speaking.
(c) Compassionate thinking.
(d) Compassionate listening.

2. Is concentration to ignore suffering?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Yes.

3. What is vedana?
(a) Form.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Thought.

4. To whom does the author suggest going and showing your pain?
(a) Your parent.
(b) Yourself.
(c) God.
(d) The Buddha.

5. Right Diligence or Effort involves what?
(a) Watching the behavior of others.
(b) Preventing unwholesome seeds and returning them, finding ways to water and nourish the wholesome seeds that have already risen.
(c) Focusing on Right Thinking.
(d) Acting appropriately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the initial thought and development of it, respectively?

2. What isthe third of the Five Faculties?

3. Recognition of peace and joy, that well-being is possible, is which turning?

4. The Five Faculties are powers that can help us do what?

5. Why does Hanh suggest the reader to write the words, "Are you sure?" where they can be seen, and "What am I doing?"

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