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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Investigation and allowing things to reveal themselves expands what?
(a) Our boundaries.
(b) Our joy.
(c) Our peace.
(d) Our possibilities.

2. The first __________ of the nine levels of meditative concentration are called Dhyanas.
(a) The Three Dhyanas.
(b) The Four Dhyanas.
(c) The Two Dhyanas.
(d) The Five Dhyanas.

3. What is signlessness?
(a) Feelings of loss.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Signs are deception and illusion.
(d) Confusion.

4. The Five Faculties are powers that can help us do what?
(a) Accept the present.
(b) Generate the energy in ourselves to be in paradise.
(c) Understand paradise.
(d) Find paradise.

5. The Fourth Noble Truth is recognizing that the Eightfold Path of Right View, Thinking, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Diligence, Mindfulness and Concentration can do what?
(a) Lead us astray.
(b) Lead us out of suffering.
(c) Guide us down the wrong path.
(d) Lead us to confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Buddha said we feed our happiness or suffering with how man nutriments?

2. Hanh recommends a _____________ gatha to remind us to live fully each day, not wasting our day, and being mindful with love and compassion.

3. Buddha taught of _______________, where our ideas and concepts are extinguished.

4. We will see layers of causes and conditions, and can now stop ingesting the nutriments causing our suffering by practicing what as a guide?

5. While mindfully breathing, what does the author suggest be done?

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