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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. What are the Five Aggregates?
(a) Consciousness, feelings, form, time, and space.
(b) Mental formations, feelings, form, space, and consciousness.
(c) Form, space, time, shape, and feelings.
(d) Form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness.

2. We will see layers of causes and conditions, and can now stop ingesting the nutriments causing our suffering by practicing what as a guide?
(a) Right Livelihood, Mindfulness, Right Thinking, and Right View.
(b) Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood, with Mindfulness Training.
(c) Right Concentration, Right View, Right Livelihood and Right Action.
(d) Right View, Right Thinking, Right Speech, and Right Livelihood.

3. What is a paramita?
(a) An imperfect being.
(b) A fear.
(c) Perfection or perfect realization.
(d) A parasite.

4. The Five Faculties are powers that can help us do what?
(a) Generate the energy in ourselves to be in paradise.
(b) Accept the present.
(c) Understand paradise.
(d) Find paradise.

5. Incorrect perceptions are conditioned by the afflictions in us of what?
(a) Ignorance, craving, hatred, anger, and jealousy.
(b) Fear, hurt, pain, and uncertainty.
(c) Crazing, hatred, anger, and pain.
(d) Ignorance, fear, hurt, and pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Composing or performing art can be what?

2. Energy is the result of what?

3. Right livelihood is what?

4. Mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration and letting go are the seven factors of what?

5. Does impermanence cause suffering?

Short Essay Questions

1. How should one go about finding a way to earn a living?

2. For what does the author ask?

3. What is Dharmakaya?

4. What is said about love and happiness in this chapter?

5. Describe a second paramita.

6. What is a paramita? Describe one of the paramitas.

7. Describe the Twelve Links.

8. What are the three Dharma seals?

9. What are the seven factors of awakening or enlightenment?

10. How is nonself important?

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