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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Sarvastivada school defined how many conditions?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Incorrect perceptions are conditioned by the afflictions in us of what?
(a) Ignorance, fear, hurt, and pain.
(b) Ignorance, craving, hatred, anger, and jealousy.
(c) Crazing, hatred, anger, and pain.
(d) Fear, hurt, pain, and uncertainty.

3. Practicing impermanence helps us do what?
(a) Not care about those things around us.
(b) Cherish what is around and inside us.
(c) Forget the importance of those around us.
(d) Ignore suffering.

4. The third condition requires what?
(a) Someone or some thing.
(b) Development.
(c) Consistent and continuous practice.
(d) Creative force, concurrent condition, seed condition of the same kind, associated condition, universal condition and ripening condition.

5. What is the second of the five mindfulness trainings?
(a) Prevent exploitation by humans of nature and others, and generosity.
(b) Perfection of the five mindfulness trainings.
(c) Protection of the lives of humans, animals and nature.
(d) To protect children and adults from sexual abuse and preserve happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe professionals should do?

2. Holiness is within us when?

3. What does form include?

4. When people do not seem to love and understand us, what must we do?

5. We will see layers of causes and conditions, and can now stop ingesting the nutriments causing our suffering by practicing what as a guide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Sixth Power?

2. How should one go about finding a way to earn a living?

3. What are the Three Doors of Liberation?

4. What is said about love and happiness in this chapter?

5. Describe two of these seven factors.

6. What is the relationship between Buddha's teachings?

7. Describe to of the Five Aggregates.

8. Describe a second paramita.

9. For what does the author ask?

10. How is nonself important?

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