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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first of six paramitas, dana paramita, is what?
(a) Giving and offering joy and love to others.
(b) To protect children and adults from sexual abuse and preserve happiness.
(c) Perfection of the five mindfulness trainings.
(d) Protection of the lives of humans, animals and nature.

2. Mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration and letting go are the seven factors of what?
(a) Awakening or enlightenment.
(b) Sangha.
(c) The Wheel of Dharma.
(d) The Four Noble Truths.

3. The Sarvastivada school's first condition requires what?
(a) Someone or some thing.
(b) Creative force, concurrent condition, seed condition of the same kind, associated condition, universal condition and ripening condition.
(c) Consistent and continuous practice.
(d) Development.

4. Does Buddhism ask for blind faith?
(a) Yes, often.
(b) Yes, somewhat.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, absolutely.

5. Impermanence and nonself are _____________.
(a) Unusual.
(b) Unique.
(c) The same.
(d) Different.

6. When we recognize suffering and look deeply into it, we are practicing what?
(a) Right View, Right Thinking, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
(b) Right Thinking, Right Thoughtfulness, Right Compassion, and Right Concentration.
(c) Right Diligence, Right Action, Right Thoughtfulness, and Right View.
(d) Right Concentration, Right Contraction, Right Mindfulness, and Right Compassion.

7. The Sarvastivada school defined how many conditions?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

8. When people do not seem to love and understand us, what must we do?
(a) Forget them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Be more loving and understanding.
(d) Be patient.

9. What is the third of the five mindfulness trainings?
(a) Giving and offering joy and love to others.
(b) To protect children and adults from sexual abuse and preserve happiness.
(c) Protection of the lives of humans, animals and nature.
(d) Perfection of the five mindfulness trainings.

10. While Dharma is compassion, understanding and love, to realize it we need a _____________, or community and elements which support our practice.
(a) Sangia.
(b) Syria.
(c) Sanskrit.
(d) Sangha.

11. Practicing _________________ transforms our habit energies and recognizes the sameness of everything and everyone.
(a) Equanimity.
(b) Contrasts.
(c) Dynamics.
(d) Understanding.

12. Hanh suggests meditating mindfully on what parts of the body?
(a) The outer parts.
(b) Each part.
(c) The inner parts.
(d) The organs.

13. What is the second of the five mindfulness trainings?
(a) Prevent exploitation by humans of nature and others, and generosity.
(b) Protection of the lives of humans, animals and nature.
(c) To protect children and adults from sexual abuse and preserve happiness.
(d) Perfection of the five mindfulness trainings.

14. Like the relationship of a plant and the earth, when we take refuge in Buddha, ______________________.
(a) Buddha encourages us to take refuge in the self.
(b) Buddha remembers us.
(c) Buddha takes pride in us.
(d) Buddha takes refuge in us.

15. What is the foundation of Buddhism?
(a) The Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) The Four Noble Truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finding a way to earn a living that does not conflict with love and compassion can do what?

2. Each element of the Noble Eightfold Path is contained where?

3. "Mindfulness always arises in the context of a relationship with ______________________."

4. The Five Faculties are powers that can help us do what?

5. Composing or performing art can be what?

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