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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second is the condition for what?
(a) Development.
(b) Creative force, concurrent condition, seed condition of the same kind, associated condition, universal condition and ripening condition.
(c) Someone or some thing.
(d) Consistent and continuous practice.

2. How many months of mindfulness and enjoying the present moment brings real happiness, according to Hahn?
(a) One to three months.
(b) Nine to twelve months.
(c) Six to nine months.
(d) Three to six months.

3. Mindful breathing helps us find what?
(a) Peace and solidity.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Control.
(d) Strength.

4. What is active concentration?
(a) Focusing on one object, ignoring everything else.
(b) We accept some of what comes our way.
(c) We accept little of what comes our way.
(d) We accept whatever comes along, dwelling in the present and remaining clear.

5. Siddhartha Gutama sat under a bodhi tree and vowed not to get up until when?
(a) Someone had come to save him.
(b) He understood how to alleviate suffering.
(c) He was tired of sitting.
(d) Nightfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is said that if you try to explain every word of the sutras, what happens?

2. To whom does the author suggest going and showing your pain?

3. The Fourth Noble Truth is recognizing that the Eightfold Path of Right View, Thinking, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Diligence, Mindfulness and Concentration can do what?

4. What are the Three Doors of Liberation, opened by the Three Dharma Seals?

5. Right Action means to do what?

(see the answer key)

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