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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. Transforming by changing our behavior and practicing can bring suffering to an end and increase what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Fear.

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

3. What does the author believe is perhaps responsible for much of our pain?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Lust.
(c) Joy.
(d) Intelligence.

4. Are suffering and joy both impermanent?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Usually.

5. Are any views the absolute truth?
(a) Yes, some.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) Yes, only a few.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first stage of the Third Noble Truth, of what are we not aware?

2. What is the opposite of mindfulness?

3. The first practice,______________________, is a deep understanding of the four Noble Truths of suffering, the making of it, the fact that it can be transformed, and its transformation.

4. Recognition of peace and joy, that well-being is possible, is which turning?

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

(see the answer key)

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