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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buddha claimed to have gone to the end of the path of suffering and gained what?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Safety.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Escape.

2. Energy is the result of what?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Feeling meaning in our lives.

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

4. In our consciousness we have ___________________ seeds, or roots that we can identify with mindfulness.
(a) Wholesome or unwholesome.
(b) Many seeds.
(c) Weak seeds.
(d) Few seed.

5. At what age could Buddha do what he wanted "without going against the path," or practice the "action of non-action," stage of realization that must take place from within?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) One hundred twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Smriti?

2. The second is the condition for what?

3. The first __________ of the nine levels of meditative concentration are called Dhyanas.

4. What are the three jewels of refuge in Buddhism?

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

(see the answer key)

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