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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does nonself say?
(a) Things are not connected to beings.
(b) No one is connected to anyone else.
(c) Nothing is connecte to anything else.
(d) Everything is connected with everything else.

2. What is Smriti?
(a) The Prankrit word for mindfulness.
(b) The Sanskrit word for mindfulness.
(c) The Thai word for mindfulness.
(d) The Hindi word for mindfulness.

3. In our consciousness we have ___________________ seeds, or roots that we can identify with mindfulness.
(a) Weak seeds.
(b) Wholesome or unwholesome.
(c) Many seeds.
(d) Few seed.

4. The ____________ Dharma seals of Buddha's teaching are: impermanence, nonself and nirvana.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

5. What does seeing the cause of our suffering do to our suffering?
(a) Eases it.
(b) Ends it.
(c) Strengthens it.
(d) Encourages it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nirvana is what?

2. What is the fourth nutriment?

3. What concentration aims at complete liberation?

4. What is the Sixth Miracle of Mindfulness?

5. Is concentration to ignore suffering?

(see the answer key)

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