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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the author suggest going and showing your pain?
(a) Your parent.
(b) The Buddha.
(c) Yourself.
(d) God.

2. It is vital to keep our bodies, hearts and minds open to truth rather than what?
(a) Comparing the teachings to what we already believe.
(b) Misunderstanding.
(c) Lies.
(d) Ignoring the truth.

3. What is the fourth nutriment?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Real food.
(d) Right Speaking.

4. Why does Hanh suggest the reader to write the words, "Are you sure?" where they can be seen, and "What am I doing?"
(a) To remind us we are wrong.
(b) To remind us to question ourselves.
(c) To remind us to never be too sure.
(d) To remind us to release thinking and be in the present moment.

5. Are rightness and wrongness subjective?
(a) Usually.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hanh advises us to leave a job where we are not allowed to do what?

2. We need to learn to speak only with what?

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. In the second turning we encourage ourselves to do what?

5. When we appreciate what, we can find conditions for happiness that are already available?

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