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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should we treat our suffering?
(a) With love and kindness.
(b) With patience.
(c) With hatred.
(d) With distractions.

2. Buddha said we feed our happiness or suffering with how man nutriments?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. Another misunderstanding is that our suffering is caused by ________________.
(a) Craving.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Love.
(d) Sin.

4. What is the opposite of mindfulness?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Thoughtlessness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third turning?

2. At what age could Buddha do what he wanted "without going against the path," or practice the "action of non-action," stage of realization that must take place from within?

3. It is said that if you try to explain every word of the sutras, what happens?

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

5. What does Hanh suggest doing to our habit energies?

(see the answer key)

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