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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hanh explains that Buddha was a man who suffered, and that we can enter his heart now only because we ______________.
(a) Are happy.
(b) Suffer.
(c) Have joy.
(d) Do not suffer.

2. We can learn calming by recognition, acceptance, ________________, looking deeply and insight.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Introspection.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Embracing.

3. At what age could Buddha do what he wanted "without going against the path," or practice the "action of non-action," stage of realization that must take place from within?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) One hundred.

4. Our views are perception at the top and mind, or _____________________.
(a) Spirit at the top.
(b) Mind at the bottom.
(c) Spirit at the bottom.
(d) Sout at the top.

5. Should suffering be placed at the same level as impermanence and non-self?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Usually.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wheel of Dharma teach?

2. Hanh suggests reframing the four Noble Truths, replacing "cessation" with what?

3. Looking deeply in meditation is important, but what else is fundamental?

4. Our habit energies bring about what?

5. Are rightness and wrongness subjective?

(see the answer key)

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