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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the first stage of the Third Noble Truth, of what are we not aware?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom and happiness.

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

4. Buddha suggests we replace unwholesome thoughts how?
(a) By relaxing.
(b) By thinking of only wholesome thoughts.
(c) By living in a wholesome environment with those who practice mindful living.
(d) By asking Buddha to remove the unwholesome thoughts.

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

6. To whom does the author suggest going and showing your pain?
(a) Yourself.
(b) The Buddha.
(c) God.
(d) Your parent.

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

8. Transforming by changing our behavior and practicing can bring suffering to an end and increase what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love.

9. "To practice social justice and non-exploitation, we have to use __________________."
(a) Right Effort.
(b) Right Concentration.
(c) Right Diligence.
(d) Right Speech.

10. Whatever we think will make us happy can often be what?
(a) Makes us happy.
(b) Obstacles to happiness.
(c) Paths to happiness.
(d) A part of happiness.

11. Right Action is related to Right Livelihood, or what?
(a) Earning a living in non-destructive ways.
(b) Earning a living that consumes your life.
(c) Forms of entertainment that are not destructive.
(d) Earning a living that is not the focus of your life.

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

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

14. Hanh suggests what to remind us to use right speech on the telephone?
(a) A gatha.
(b) A phrase.
(c) A dance.
(d) A poem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is selective concentration?

2. What is the fourth nutriment?

3. Right speech is based on what?

4. What is Smriti?

5. Another reminder, "Hello, habit energy," reminds us to do what?

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