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

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

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

4. What is the basis for real strength when one tries to make a change in the world?
(a) Courage.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Power.
(d) Deep inner peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Realistically, who can benefit from an individual's mindful living?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 51, Hanh introduces the word interbeing. What is the meaning of this word?

5. How many years does it take for nuclear waste to become a flower?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Hanh surprised to find that the Charles River is not a safe place to wash one's face? According to Hanh, how can dead rivers be resurrected?

3. In "The River of Feelings", what three types of feelings are discussed? Should one feeling be approached differently than another? Why or why not?

4. In "The Sun is My Heart", Hanh intertwines interbeing with the universe. Explain the title's metaphor.

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

6. Hanh resurrects the concept of interbeing in "Healing the Wounds of War". What role does interbeing play in a veteran's life? Why?

7. What counting analogy could be compared to Hanh's breathing mindfully when one feels anger rising?

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

9. What is the Buddhist concept of "interbeing?" Hanh gives an example of interbeing by stating that poverty cannot exist without wealth. Give at least two other similar examples.

10. 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?

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