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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The therapy of one hour of deep, quiet listening can bring relief to suffering, and is what who try to practice?
(a) Those who are religious.
(b) Chrstians.
(c) Most people.
(d) Psychotherapists.

4. Right thinking leads to what?
(a) Right view.
(b) Right action.
(c) Right livelihood.
(d) Right concentration.

5. What is the third of the five mindfulness trainings?
(a) Giving and offering joy and love to others.
(b) To protect children and adults from sexual abuse and preserve happiness.
(c) Perfection of the five mindfulness trainings.
(d) Protection of the lives of humans, animals and nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hanh suggests what to remind us to use right speech on the telephone?

2. Hanh explains that Buddha was a man who suffered, and that we can enter his heart now only because we ______________.

3. Mindful breathing, walking, smiling and looking can stop what?

4. Mindful breathing helps us find what?

5. Why does Hanh suggest the reader to write the words, "Are you sure?" where they can be seen, and "What am I doing?"

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