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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Bodhichitta" is what?
(a) Our mind of love that motivates mindful living.
(b) A Buddhist monk.
(c) A follower of Buddha.
(d) A place to meditate.

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

3. Hanh suggests reframing the four Noble Truths, replacing "cessation" with what?
(a) Well-being.
(b) Stopping.
(c) Beginning.
(d) Ending.

4. What is the Sixth Miracle of Mindfulness?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Forgiving.
(c) Believing.
(d) Transformation of our suffering as well as the suffering of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Conscious breathing is an important link between what?

2. We need only to understand what about the other person?

3. Another misunderstanding is that our suffering is caused by ________________.

4. How many months of mindfulness and enjoying the present moment brings real happiness, according to Hahn?

5. Siddhartha Gutama sat under a bodhi tree and vowed not to get up until when?

(see the answer key)

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