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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. We must practice what to understand the Four Noble Truths?
(a) Patience.
(b) The twelve turnings of the wheel of Dharma.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Mindfulness.

2. Buddha taught of _______________, where our ideas and concepts are extinguished.
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Dharma.
(c) Karma.
(d) Sutra.

3. With what does the Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma have to do?
(a) Slowly help one to understand suffering.
(b) It compares the Wheel of Dharma to the Wheel of Fortune.
(c) Recognizing suffering and transforming it into "mindfulness, compassion, peace and liberation."
(d) Randomly choosing the path one should take.

4. When we appreciate what, we can find conditions for happiness that are already available?
(a) Our belongings.
(b) Our senses.
(c) Our friends.
(d) Our homes.

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?
(a) The second.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The first.
(d) The third.

Short Answer Questions

1. We need to do what to become free of perceptions and be able to see things as they are?

2. Transforming by changing our behavior and practicing can bring suffering to an end and increase what?

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

4. It is vital to keep our bodies, hearts and minds open to truth rather than what?

5. Are any views the absolute truth?

(see the answer key)

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