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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. With whom does Hanh meet in Europe to help bring peace to Vietnam?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) President Kennedy.
(d) Pope Paul VI.

2. What are the spiritual friends that Hanh uses on his mindfulness path?
(a) Dirty dishes and bells.
(b) Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams.
(c) Meditations and bells.
(d) Quiet surroundings, and meditations.

3. What body position does Hanh recommend for meditation?
(a) Sitting on the ground facing the sun.
(b) Lying parallel to the Earth.
(c) Sitting cross-legged on a cushion.
(d) Sitting upright in a chair.

4. What is the goal of meditation?
(a) Purification during meditation.
(b) Purification during stressful times.
(c) Purification during meditation and throughout the day.
(d) Purification throughout the day.

5. What does the author suggest using as a bell of mindfulness when driving in Paris?
(a) Stop sign.
(b) Car horn.
(c) "Je me souviens" license plate.
(d) Yield sign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of lighting should be in a family meditation room?

2. According to Hanh, what items should be in a family meditation room?

3. Why does one sometimes go for a drive unnecessarily?

4. According to Hanh in "Aimlessness", what does the current culture promote?

5. According to Hanh, how many rings should one allow before answering the telephone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hanh's image as a forward thinker strengthened in "Driving Meditation"? How does his image affect his peers? What theme from the book is extended through the anecdote?

2. The book's nature theme is expressed in "Flower Insights". What message is Buddha imparting to the monks by holding a flower and smiling?

3. When is Hanh's second visit to the United States? What is the purpose of this visit? What do his visits to the United States indicate about his own commitment to world peace?

4. Why should aimlessness be everyone's goal in life?

5. What are the bells of mindfulness? What everyday sounds might be used as bells? List additional bells that are not mentioned in the book that could be used.

6. According to Hanh, why does Jesus ask His disciples to eat the bread during the Eucharist? How does this request help the disciples to live in the present?

7. Describe the ritual of having a mindful family dinner.

8. What are the benefits of conscious breathing?

9. In what year does Hanh first visit the United States? For what purpose? Why does he leave in 1963?

10. What Christian belief does Hanh refute in his article "Hope as an Obstacle"? Why is it important that Hanh included a Christian belief in his book?

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