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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Our views are perception at the top and mind, or _____________________.
(a) Sout at the top.
(b) Mind at the bottom.
(c) Spirit at the top.
(d) Spirit at the bottom.

2. We are always giving our attention to something, and it often does what?
(a) Encourages us to be in the moment.
(b) Helps us forget the moment.
(c) Takes us from the moment.
(d) Keeps us in the moment.

3. Hanh suggests reframing the four Noble Truths, replacing "cessation" with what?
(a) Beginning.
(b) Stopping.
(c) Ending.
(d) Well-being.

4. What must we not do to the words of Buddha?
(a) Mispronounce them.
(b) Sing them.
(c) Forget them.
(d) Turn them into doctrine or ideology.

5. Many have embraced suffering for two thousand years as the primary principle of Buddhism, but Buddha taught us to recognize what and suffering?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

6. Buddha taught of _______________, where our ideas and concepts are extinguished.
(a) Sutra.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Karma.

7. Is concentration to ignore suffering?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Sometimes.

8. The third Mindfulness training is about what?
(a) Community responsibility.
(b) Sexual responsibility.
(c) Ingesting healthy foods.
(d) Parental responsibilty.

9. Speaking each person's individual language, like Bodhisattva, or writing a letter using Right speech, can do what?
(a) Benefit no one.
(b) Benefit sender and receiver.
(c) Benefit the sender.
(d) Benefit the receiver.

10. Hanh advises us to leave a job where we are not allowed to do what?
(a) Take breaks.
(b) Get paid what we're worth.
(c) Speak truthfully.
(d) Be promoted.

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

12. What is the second Miracle of Mindfulness?
(a) To make a present.
(b) To be present.
(c) To understand the present.
(d) To make others present.

13. The fifth Mindfulness training is associated with what?
(a) What foods to avoid.
(b) Personal responsibility.
(c) Ingesting healthy foods.
(d) Sexual responsibility.

14. Writing is a "deep practice" and should be done knowing our words will do what?
(a) Affect other people.
(b) Be forgotten quickly.
(c) Be remembered.
(d) Useless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. We can learn calming by recognition, acceptance, ________________, looking deeply and insight.

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

3. In the first stage of the Third Noble Truth, of what are we not aware?

4. What is the most important aspect of Right Diligence?

5. Buddha said, "Where there is perception there is _________________."

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