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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the result of compassion towards another who is suffering?
(a) Eternal gratitude.
(b) Unconditional love.
(c) Love and peace.
(d) Joy and peace.

5. How can one find peace and love when feeling angry?
(a) By recognizing anger as a source of positive energy.
(b) By acting on the feeling of anger.
(c) By ignoring the anger.
(d) By recognizing that anger is fleeting.

6. What does Hanh consider to be one's "second heart"?
(a) One's mother.
(b) The sun.
(c) One's child.
(d) The universe.

7. In which river did the author wash his face?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Charles River.
(c) The Ohio River.
(d) The Nile River.

8. According to Hanh in "The River of Feelings", how many types of feelings do humans experience throughout life?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Infinitely many.

9. How should individuals react to unpleasant feelings?
(a) Face the emotions.
(b) Cling to the emotions.
(c) Ignore the emotions.
(d) Reject the emotions.

10. What is Hanh's attitude towards the Western tradition of hugging?
(a) Positive.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Negative.

11. What is the Buddhist term for understanding completely?
(a) Comprehension.
(b) Totality.
(c) Non-duality.
(d) Enlightenment.

12. What are most individuals unwilling to do about an issue?
(a) Forget their unpleasant feelings.
(b) Not blame others for the problem.
(c) Admit their role in the issue.
(d) Change the situation to solve the problem.

13. What seeds do most individuals focus on in their lives?
(a) No seeds.
(b) Positive and negative seeds.
(c) Positive seeds.
(d) Negative seeds.

14. What can happen when one observes parents with compassion?
(a) One can understand the wrongs of the parents.
(b) One finds joy and peace.
(c) One can forgive them their wrongs.
(d) One can avoid repeating the cycle.

15. What would have prevented the tremendous amount of destruction in Vietnam?
(a) A Vietnamese vision of non-duality.
(b) An American vision of duality.
(c) An American vision of non-duality.
(d) A Vietnamese vision of duality.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom should one feel compassion?

2. According to Hanh in "Mindfulness of Anger", what kind of problems does anger create?

3. What else must exist for wealth to be possible in the world?

4. What term means "the essence of a person's true nature"?

5. What becomes of a beautiful cut rose after it dies?

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