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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a paramita?
(a) Perfection or perfect realization.
(b) An imperfect being.
(c) A parasite.
(d) A fear.

2. Mindful breathing helps us find what?
(a) Control.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Peace and solidity.
(d) Strength.

3. What is the third turning?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Encouragement.
(c) Realization.
(d) Ignorance.

4. Are suffering and joy both impermanent?
(a) Usually.
(b) Rarely.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

5. Right thinking leads to what?
(a) Right Diligence.
(b) Right Intelligence.
(c) Right Praying.
(d) Right Activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Composing or performing art can be what?

2. In our consciousness we have ___________________ seeds, or roots that we can identify with mindfulness.

3. Impermanence and nonself are _____________.

4. While Dharma is compassion, understanding and love, to realize it we need a _____________, or community and elements which support our practice.

5. Which turning of the Fourth Noble Truth is the recognition that we are practicing to transform our difficulties and ceasing to ingest pain-causing nutriments?

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