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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. What does it mean to look deeply?
(a) Vipashyana.
(b) Shamatha.
(c) Vipishtu.
(d) Vinitu.

2. Hanh recommends a _____________ gatha to remind us to live fully each day, not wasting our day, and being mindful with love and compassion.
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

3. The Buddha said, "My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake _______ ."
(a) The pointing of the finger.
(b) The finger for the moon.
(c) The moon for the finger.
(d) My teaching for pointing.

4. What is the goal of right Concentration?
(a) A quiet mind.
(b) A many-pointed mind.
(c) A one-pointed mind.
(d) A rounded mind.

5. The first four miracles of mindfulness belong to the first aspect of meditation known as __________.
(a) Samantha.
(b) Shamatha.
(c) Shamhara.
(d) Sithartha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each element of the Noble Eightfold Path is contained where?

2. What is the fourth practice of Right Diligence?

3. Composing or performing art can be what?

4. What is the fourth nutriment?

5. With what does the Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma have to do?

(see the answer key)

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