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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After experiencing perfect awakening, the Buddha had to do what?
(a) Find others to talk to.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Write down his thoughts.
(d) Find ways to express it in words.

2. What example of being present and mindful does the author use, which gives the work merit?
(a) Taking care of a family.
(b) Feeding animals.
(c) Volunteering our time.
(d) Washing dishes.

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

4. Right speech is based on what?
(a) Right action.
(b) Right believing.
(c) Right thinking.
(d) Right concentration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If we destroy living beings or the environment with what we eat, we are eating what?

2. What is the opposite of mindfulness?

3. What does it mean to look deeply?

4. Can Right View be taught?

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

(see the answer key)

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