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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hanh explains that Buddha was a man who suffered, and that we can enter his heart now only because we ______________.
(a) Suffer.
(b) Have joy.
(c) Are happy.
(d) Do not suffer.

2. How many months of mindfulness and enjoying the present moment brings real happiness, according to Hahn?
(a) Six to nine months.
(b) One to three months.
(c) Three to six months.
(d) Nine to twelve months.

3. Are any views the absolute truth?
(a) Yes, only a few.
(b) Yes, some.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) No.

4. At what age could Buddha do what he wanted "without going against the path," or practice the "action of non-action," stage of realization that must take place from within?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Eighty.

5. Buddha claimed to have gone to the end of the path of suffering and gained what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Safety.
(c) Escape.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Recognition of peace and joy, that well-being is possible, is which turning?

2. The first practice,______________________, is a deep understanding of the four Noble Truths of suffering, the making of it, the fact that it can be transformed, and its transformation.

3. In the second turning we encourage ourselves to do what?

4. Buddha taught of _______________, where our ideas and concepts are extinguished.

5. If we destroy living beings or the environment with what we eat, we are eating what?

(see the answer key)

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