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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of people are "the light at the top of the candle" for interbeing?
(a) Veterans.
(b) The Enlightened.
(c) Elderly.
(d) Children.

2. According to Hanh, when must one recognize negative feelings?
(a) When faced with a decision.
(b) When they arise.
(c) When one has emotional support.
(d) Before they arise.

3. What must occur before one understands another person?
(a) One must seek guidance from religion.
(b) One must suffer the other's sufferings.
(c) One must love unconditionally.
(d) One must develop mindfulness.

4. According to Hanh, what can break the "cycle of transmission"?
(a) Mindful living.
(b) Intense therapy.
(c) Wisdom of our elders.
(d) Buddhism.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 51, Hanh introduces the word interbeing. What is the meaning of this word?
(a) All things are connected.
(b) All things are sources of energy.
(c) All things are sacred.
(d) All things exist in harmony.

6. What should mindful living not do?
(a) Insulate one from all suffering.
(b) Blind one from seeing real problems in the world.
(c) Try to cure all suffering.
(d) Intrude on others' beliefs.

7. According to Hanh, what would improve the power of hugging?
(a) Hugging only when the feeling is shared.
(b) Combining hugging with a smile.
(c) Combining hugging with mindful breathing.
(d) Hugging only when the feeling is genuine.

8. According to Hanh's "Look into Your Hand", what can be found in a single person?
(a) Spirit.
(b) All things.
(c) Being.
(d) Essence.

9. What does Hanh view as the best investment one can make?
(a) Cultivating a lifelong commitment.
(b) Nurturing one's spiritual interests.
(c) Maintaining one's health.
(d) Cultivating a relationship with a friend.

10. What becomes of a beautiful cut rose after it dies?
(a) It is remembered for its fragrance.
(b) It is forgotten.
(c) It becomes garbage.
(d) It is revived when placed in sunlight.

11. In "Transforming Feelings", who/what is analogous to emotion?
(a) The crying child.
(b) The mother.
(c) Mindfulness.
(d) Buddha.

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

13. According to Hanh, what happens to anger when one pounds a pillow?
(a) It is negated.
(b) It becomes more intense.
(c) It subsides completely.
(d) It subsides temporarily.

14. According to Hanh, what is the only tool useful in changing a situation?
(a) Mindful living.
(b) Faith.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Communication.

15. What technique discussed in "Cooking the Potato" transforms anger into a positive force?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Mediation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plant is used in Hanh's story about people looking for the reason why it failed to grow?

2. What happens when one mindfully recognizes anger?

3. According to Hanh's "Internal Formations", what forms within one's emotional consciousness as a result of anger?

4. Who/what lives thanks to the "second heart"?

5. According to the chapter "The Roots of Anger", where does the source of anger usually reside?

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