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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 is Hanh's definition of compassion?
(a) Offering to help in another's suffering.
(b) Understanding why another is suffering.
(c) The ability to remove suffering from another person.
(d) Feeling the intensity of another's suffering.

2. What connection is made to one's parents as one looks in a mirror?
(a) The gifts from the parents of body, mind, and spirit.
(b) The gift of continuity passed on by one's parents.
(c) The love one feels for the parents.
(d) One's own failings are similar to those of the parents.

3. What becomes of a beautiful cut rose after it dies?
(a) It is revived when placed in sunlight.
(b) It becomes garbage.
(c) It is forgotten.
(d) It is remembered for its fragrance.

4. What do positive seeds produce?
(a) More positive seeds.
(b) Peace.
(c) Mindful living.
(d) Happy thoughts.

5. What do large family units provide?
(a) Less stressful environment for working parents.
(b) Childcare while parents work.
(c) Safety for children of suffering parents.
(d) Acceptance of the elderly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Hanh, when must one recognize negative feelings?

3. Which river, supposedly, contains enough chemicals to develop photographs?

4. What are the fruits of meditation?

5. In "Mindfulness Must Be Engaged", what does Hanh remind readers of concerning the extension of mindful living from one person to the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What theme is expressed in "Look into Your Hand"? Following the theme's message, why should one never feel lonely?

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

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

5. 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.

6. Explain the Buddhist concept of non-duality. Give an example.

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

8. What must happen to the knots before peace can be found?

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

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

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