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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. For whom should one feel compassion?
(a) Only those who suffer.
(b) Only those who do not cause us to suffer.
(c) Those who suffer and those who cause us to suffer.
(d) Only those who are truly grateful.

2. 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.

3. What three concepts can be included in family life that will promote inner peace?
(a) Meditation sessions, meditation rooms, and mindful dinners.
(b) Music room, reading room, and conscious breathing.
(c) Breathing room, media room, and mindful dinners.
(d) Reading rooms, family altar, and mindful dinners.

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

5. According to Hanh's "Internal Formations", what forms within one's emotional consciousness as a result of anger?
(a) Emotional scars.
(b) Health issues.
(c) Negativity.
(d) Knots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hanh consider to be one's "second heart"?

2. What is the result of compassion towards another who is suffering?

3. What simple practice should one do when anger begins to rise?

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

5. What is the basis for real strength when one tries to make a change in the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. In "Understanding" Hanh explains that understanding and love are one thing. Why can the two not be separated?

9. What lesson does Hanh teach the reader in "Mindfulness Must be Engaged"?

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

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