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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 42-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What enables one to become a real person?
(a) Practicing mindfulness.
(b) Studying the classics.
(c) Smiling at others.
(d) Greeting others.

2. What should a driver do when caught by a stop light?
(a) Sit back and smile.
(b) Listen to music.
(c) Think about the destination.
(d) Meditate on yesterday's trip.

3. What is Hanh's definition of compassion?
(a) Understanding why another is suffering.
(b) Offering to help in another's suffering.
(c) Feeling the intensity of another's suffering.
(d) The ability to remove suffering from another person.

4. What does the author suggest using as a bell of mindfulness when driving in Montreal?
(a) Stop signs.
(b) Train tracks.
(c) Car horn.
(d) "Je me souviens" license plate.

5. When we walk hurriedly, what imprints are left on the Earth?
(a) Peace and joy.
(b) Hatred and despair.
(c) Anxiety and sorrow.
(d) Love and friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Eating Mindfully", what is the purpose of eating?

2. According to Hanh, how many rings should one allow before answering the telephone?

3. Which of these dissolves anger?

4. After realizing that the person expressing anger has experienced abuse, illness, or a setback, what can one learn to feel?

5. What two purposes are fulfilled by washing dishes?

(see the answer key)

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