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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 18-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two purposes are fulfilled by washing dishes?
(a) Clean dishes and time to daydream.
(b) Clean dishes and a better attitude.
(c) Clean dishes and a tidy kitchen.
(d) Clean dishes and mindful living.

2. What organization is formed by Hanh in 1964?
(a) NATO.
(b) The School for Social Awareness.
(c) The little Peace Corps.
(d) The Salvation Army.

3. Where is Gethsemani?
(a) New York City.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Louisville, Kentucky.
(d) New Delhi, India.

4. What bodily process does conscious breathing slow down?
(a) Metabolizing.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Talking.

5. At what university did Hanh tell the teachers and students to pause after a bell sounds?
(a) University of Colorado.
(b) McGill University.
(c) University of California.
(d) Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Flower Insights" who holds a flower before the monks?

2. According to a poem in this section, who/what now has the poet's lost smile?

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

4. What invitation does the author give to the reader at the end of the first section?

5. What body position does Hanh recommend for meditation?

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