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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the fruits of meditation?

2. What does Hanh view as the best investment one can make?

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

4. According to Hanh, what happens to anger when one pounds a pillow?

5. What do positive seeds produce?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A familiar adage which refers to stress in an individual is all tied up in knots. Compare/contrast the adage with the Buddhist's concept of "internal formations.

Essay Topic 2

Hanh's article "Flowers and Garbage" relates that as humans we form concepts in our minds based on first impressions. Explore how mindful living prevents one from acting on appearances.

Essay Topic 3

In Hanh's anecdote about Buddha and the flower, only one monk had the courage to be himself. He was the only one who experienced the simple beauty of the flower and Buddha's smile. Discuss how being someone other than your true self can rob you of joy.

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