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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the opposite of mindfulness?
(a) Thoughtlessness.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which turning of the Fourth Noble Truth is the recognition that we are practicing to transform our difficulties and ceasing to ingest pain-causing nutriments?

2. Right Diligence or Effort involves what?

3. Mindful breathing, walking, smiling and looking can stop what?

4. What example of being present and mindful does the author use, which gives the work merit?

5. What does the author believe is perhaps responsible for much of our pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Buddha say about suffering and nirvana?

2. What does Hahn suggest we do about our habit energies?

3. What does Buddha think of perception?

4. Why do we suffer?

5. What is a misunderstanding about suffering?

6. What is used to understand the Four Noble Truths?

7. What is the fifth Mindfulness training? What does Hanh say about alcohol in this section?

8. How is conscious or mindful breathing important?

9. What is active concentration?

10. What does the author say about the Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness?

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