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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Buddha taught the Eightfold Path until when?
(a) He changed his teaching methods.
(b) His death.
(c) He became ill.
(d) He was sixty.

3. Right thinking is known as what?
(a) The speech of our mind.
(b) The rights of our mind.
(c) The thoughts in our mind.
(d) Our innate beliefs.

4. The Buddha said, "The moment you know how your suffering came to be, you are already _________________."
(a) Ignoring it.
(b) On the path of release from it.
(c) Gaining more suffering.
(d) Passing your suffering on to others.

5. The first __________ of the nine levels of meditative concentration are called Dhyanas.
(a) The Two Dhyanas.
(b) The Four Dhyanas.
(c) The Three Dhyanas.
(d) The Five Dhyanas.

6. What is the third turning?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Realization.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Ignorance.

7. We need only to understand what about the other person?
(a) He or she is human.
(b) He or she is also compassionate.
(c) He or she has suffered for compassion to be born.
(d) He or she is like us.

8. Recognition of peace and joy, that well-being is possible, is which turning?
(a) The first.
(b) The third.
(c) The second.
(d) The fourth.

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

10. What does the author believe is perhaps responsible for much of our pain?
(a) Joy.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Lust.

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

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

13. What is the Seventh Miracle of Mindfulness?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Believing.
(c) Transformation of our suffering as well as the suffering of the world.
(d) Forgiving.

14. What is the fourth practice of Right Diligence?
(a) Watering and keeping wholesome mental formations.
(b) Earning a living in non-destructive ways.
(c) Ingesting healthy foods.
(d) Sexual responsibility.

15. What is an example of a seed of unwholesome quality?
(a) Love.
(b) Greed.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second turning?

2. Hanh discourages what in the interest of ourselves and others?

3. Whatever we think will make us happy can often be what?

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

5. "_______________ is at the heart of Buddha's teachings."

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