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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hanh explains that Buddha was a man who suffered, and that we can enter his heart now only because we ______________.
(a) Have joy.
(b) Are happy.
(c) Suffer.
(d) Do not suffer.

2. _____________ come with right diligence and mindfulness training.
(a) Calm and quiet.
(b) Peace and prosperity.
(c) Joy and ease.
(d) Love and compassion.

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

4. Looking deeply into our suffering and writing down what nutriments we are feeding to sustain takes what?
(a) Courage and mindfulness.
(b) Courage and strength.
(c) Meditation and patience.
(d) Patience and self-control.

5. Hanh suggests what to remind us to use right speech on the telephone?
(a) A gatha.
(b) A poem.
(c) A phrase.
(d) A dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When we recognize suffering and look deeply into it, we are practicing what?

2. What do the Four Establishments of Mindfulness do?

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

4. Should suffering be placed at the same level as impermanence and non-self?

5. The practice of the Five Mindfulness Trainings addresses what?

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