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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Should suffering be placed at the same level as impermanence and non-self?
(a) Yes.
(b) Usually.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

2. It is said that if you try to explain every word of the sutras, what happens?
(a) Others will become confused.
(b) You embarrass Buddha and yourself.
(c) You will die.
(d) You slander Buddha in past, present and future.

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

4. What is the third truth?
(a) The cessation of creating suffering by stopping what we are doing.
(b) The cessation of creating suffering by changing what we are doing.
(c) The cessation of creating suffering by thinking about what we are doing.
(d) The cessation of creating suffering by ignoring what we are doing.

5. If we destroy living beings or the environment with what we eat, we are eating what?
(a) Trash.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Life.
(d) The flesh of our children.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma have to do?

2. Whatever we think will make us happy can often be what?

3. The Buddha said, "My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake _______ ."

4. How must one use suffering?

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

(see the answer key)

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