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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. Who/what lives thanks to the "second heart"?
(a) Plants.
(b) Children.
(c) The suffering masses.
(d) Stars.

2. What gift does holding a grandchild give to the grandparent?
(a) Great joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Honor.

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 51, Hanh introduces the word interbeing. What is the meaning of this word?
(a) All things are sacred.
(b) All things are sources of energy.
(c) All things are connected.
(d) All things exist in harmony.

5. What term means "the essence of a person's true nature"?
(a) Interbeing.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Suchness.
(d) Ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes it more possible for one to sustain action for a worthy cause?

2. According to Hanh's "Nourishing of Healthy Seeds", what are the two levels of consciousness?

3. What are most individuals unwilling to do about an issue?

4. What is the Buddhist term for understanding completely?

5. What is Hanh's attitude towards the Western tradition of hugging?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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