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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What simple practice should one do when anger begins to rise?
(a) Talking.
(b) Running.
(c) Walking.
(d) Reading.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hanh's "Look into Your Hand", what can be found in a single person?

2. According to Hanh, what happens to anger when one pounds a pillow?

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

4. What three concepts can be included in family life that will promote inner peace?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the article "Investing in Friends" demonstrate Hanh's teaching on achieving world peace?

2. How is Hanh's Buddhist faith reintroduced in "Internal Formations"? What is a common analogy to this teaching?

3. What effect does conscious breathing have on a hug? Why?

4. What does Hanh suggest one might try to do with negative emotions? How can one accomplish this?

5. Why should one meditate on an individual who has caused personal pain?

6. Why is it impossible to drop all of one's identity from the parents?

7. After calming an unpleasant feeling, what two additional steps should be taken to insure that the negative emotion is eradicated completely?

8. According to Hanh in "Mindfulness of Anger", anger is the root of self-control problems. How does anger take away our mindfulness? Why would its power lead to one being out of control?

9. What two types of seeds does consciousness include? Explain the relationship between the two. Why is it important to plant positive seeds?

10. According to Hanh, how should an individual treat parents concerning their mistakes?

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