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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gift does holding a grandchild give to the grandparent?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Great joy.
(d) Honor.

3. What is Hanh's attitude towards the Western cultures' treatment of parents?
(a) He is infuriated.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He is tolerant.
(d) He is elated.

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

5. What happens when one is cut off from nature?
(a) Mindfulness.
(b) Illness.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Indifference.

6. What reason does Hanh give for the abuse of children at their own parents' hands?
(a) The parents themselves were abused.
(b) The parents were not living in mindfulness.
(c) The child misunderstood discipline for abuse.
(d) The parents were only disciplining the child.

7. What else must exist for wealth to be possible in the world?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Education.
(c) Power.
(d) Peace.

8. Realistically, who can benefit from an individual's mindful living?
(a) Relatives and close friends.
(b) The world.
(c) Those who are suffering.
(d) People who are in daily contact.

9. Which of these dissolves anger?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Faith.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Love.

10. What do negative feelings leave behind if they are not faced?
(a) Positive acceptance.
(b) Negativity.
(c) Destructive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
(d) Relief, acceptance, and peace.

11. Which river, supposedly, contains enough chemicals to develop photographs?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Rhine River.
(c) The Nile River.
(d) The Charles River.

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

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

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

15. According to Hanh in "Mindfulness of Anger", what kind of problems does anger create?
(a) Health problems.
(b) Self-control problems.
(c) Relationship problems.
(d) Self-esteem problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What groups comprise large family units, which for the most part, have now disbanded?

2. What should one do as angry feelings subside?

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

4. What connection is made to one's parents as one looks in a mirror?

5. What is Hanh's lament in "It is a Great Joy to hold Your Grandchild"?

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