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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the fundamental basics of peace?
(a) Health, wealth, and empathy.
(b) Money, food, and shelter.
(c) Love, compassion, and altruism.
(d) Health, religion, and altruism.

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

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

4. What is the goal of meditation?
(a) Purification during meditation.
(b) Purification during meditation and throughout the day.
(c) Purification during stressful times.
(d) Purification throughout the day.

5. What is Gethsemani?
(a) A sacred rock.
(b) A monastery.
(c) An isolated forest.
(d) A college.

6. With whom does Hanh meet in Europe to help bring peace to Vietnam?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) Pope Paul VI.
(d) Robert McNamara.

7. What phrase is used in the Editor's Introduction to describe "Peace is Every Step"?
(a) Life's handbook for peace.
(b) Book of reminders.
(c) Joyful book art.
(d) Book of peace.

8. What path does the atmosphere of peace travel?
(a) Family, individual, community, world.
(b) Individual, family, community, world.
(c) World, community, family, individual.
(d) Individual, family, world, community.

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

10. While driving, what can be used as a bell of mindfulness?
(a) A speed limit sign.
(b) A car horn.
(c) A red light.
(d) A yield sign.

11. What is the origin of a smile?
(a) A loving heart.
(b) A peaceful heart.
(c) Contentment.
(d) An awakened mind.

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

13. How many times should one breathe in and out before making a phone call?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

14. Why does one sometimes go for a drive unnecessarily?
(a) To maintain the car.
(b) To enjoy nature.
(c) To escape oneself.
(d) To quiet the bells.

15. In "Cookie of Childhood", who gives Hanh a cookie to savor?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His friend.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gethsemani?

2. What community is established by Hanh a hundred miles southwest of Paris?

3. According to Hanh's story about an arguing couple, what is the first step to healing?

4. According to the author, when is peace present?

5. What must one do before answering the telephone?

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