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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buddha taught the Eightfold Path until when?
(a) His death.
(b) He became ill.
(c) He changed his teaching methods.
(d) He was sixty.

2. Why does Hanh suggest the reader to write the words, "Are you sure?" where they can be seen, and "What am I doing?"
(a) To remind us to never be too sure.
(b) To remind us to release thinking and be in the present moment.
(c) To remind us we are wrong.
(d) To remind us to question ourselves.

3. In the first stage of the Third Noble Truth, of what are we not aware?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Freedom and happiness.

4. Right Action is related to Right Livelihood, or what?
(a) Earning a living in non-destructive ways.
(b) Earning a living that is not the focus of your life.
(c) Earning a living that consumes your life.
(d) Forms of entertainment that are not destructive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. We must practice what to understand the Four Noble Truths?

2. If we destroy living beings or the environment with what we eat, we are eating what?

3. The ____________ Dharma seals of Buddha's teaching are: impermanence, nonself and nirvana.

4. Non-thinking allows us to enter reality __________.

5. Practicing impermanence helps us do what?

(see the answer key)

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