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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. In Hanh's analogy of viruses and antibodies, what role(s) do the negative seeds play?
(a) Viruses.
(b) Either.
(c) Neither.
(d) Antibodies.

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

3. Why is living in the present essential after experiencing negative feelings?
(a) Knots can help solve the issue.
(b) Knots will dissipate the anger.
(c) Knots disappear.
(d) Knots can be identified as they form.

4. According to Hanh's "Look into Your Hand", what can be found in a single person?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Essence.
(c) All things.
(d) Being.

5. What groups comprise large family units, which for the most part, have now disbanded?
(a) Parents, children, and grandparents.
(b) Parents, children, grandparents, and great grandparents.
(c) Parents, children, grandparents, and aunts.
(d) Parents, children, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which plant is used in Hanh's story about people looking for the reason why it failed to grow?

3. According to Hanh in "The River of Feelings", how many types of feelings do humans experience throughout life?

4. What becomes of a beautiful cut rose after it dies?

5. According to the chapter "The Roots of Anger", where does the source of anger usually reside?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What instructions on meditating does Hanh give the reader in "Meditation on Compassion"? Why would it be more beneficial to meditate on someone who is obviously suffering?

3. In "The Art of Mindful Living" Hanh remarks again about environmental issues. How can mindful living help environmental efforts?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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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