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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part l, Chapter1, what gift is available to everyone upon waking up each morning?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Enlightenment.

2. Who nominates Hanh for the 1966 Nobel Prize?
(a) The Dalai Lama.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Richard Nixon.

3. What does practicing conscious breathing unify?
(a) The mind and body.
(b) The soul and body.
(c) The mind and soul.
(d) The mind and emotions.

4. According to a poem in this section, who/what now has the poet's lost smile?
(a) A chirping bird.
(b) A dandelion.
(c) The rose.
(d) The sunshine.

5. What technique may be used to force the thought process to focus?
(a) Dim lighting.
(b) Music.
(c) A mantra.
(d) Nature sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which yoga position does Hanh recommend for meditation?

2. What becomes available when we quiet our distracted thinking?

3. What do non-sounds remind us to do?

4. What act does Hanh's teaching center around?

5. According to Hanh, which of the following is a non-sound?

(see the answer key)

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