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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. In "Transforming Feelings", who/what symbolizes mindfulness?
(a) The reader.
(b) The crying child.
(c) The mother.
(d) Buddha.

2. According to Hanh, what would improve the power of hugging?
(a) Hugging only when the feeling is genuine.
(b) Hugging only when the feeling is shared.
(c) Combining hugging with a smile.
(d) Combining hugging with mindful breathing.

3. What do negative feelings leave behind if they are not faced?
(a) Positive acceptance.
(b) Negativity.
(c) Relief, acceptance, and peace.
(d) Destructive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

4. What do positive seeds produce?
(a) Peace.
(b) Mindful living.
(c) Happy thoughts.
(d) More positive seeds.

5. According to Hanh, what can break the "cycle of transmission"?
(a) Wisdom of our elders.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Intense therapy.
(d) Mindful living.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does it take for nuclear waste to become a flower?

2. What is Hanh's attitude towards the Western cultures' treatment of parents?

3. How can one find peace and love when feeling angry?

4. Who/what lives thanks to the "second heart"?

5. What does Hanh view as the best investment one can make?

Short Essay Questions

1. After calming an unpleasant feeling, what two additional steps should be taken to insure that the negative emotion is eradicated completely?

2. In "The Art of Mindful Living" Hanh remarks again about environmental issues. How can mindful living help environmental efforts?

3. What lesson does Hanh teach the reader in "Mindfulness Must be Engaged"?

4. Why is it impossible to drop all of one's identity from the parents?

5. How is Hanh's Buddhist faith reintroduced in "Internal Formations"? What is a common analogy to this teaching?

6. In "The Sun is My Heart", Hanh intertwines interbeing with the universe. Explain the title's metaphor.

7. What must happen to the knots before peace can be found?

8. What is the Buddhist concept of "interbeing?" Hanh gives an example of interbeing by stating that poverty cannot exist without wealth. Give at least two other similar examples.

9. What theme is expressed in "Look into Your Hand"? Following the theme's message, why should one never feel lonely?

10. What two types of seeds does consciousness include? Explain the relationship between the two. Why is it important to plant positive seeds?

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