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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. 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.

2. The Buddha said, "My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake _______ ."
(a) The finger for the moon.
(b) The pointing of the finger.
(c) The moon for the finger.
(d) My teaching for pointing.

3. Are rightness and wrongness subjective?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Usually.

4. The Buddha said, "The moment you know how your suffering came to be, you are already _________________."
(a) On the path of release from it.
(b) Gaining more suffering.
(c) Ignoring it.
(d) Passing your suffering on to others.

5. Our views are perception at the top and mind, or _____________________.
(a) Sout at the top.
(b) Mind at the bottom.
(c) Spirit at the bottom.
(d) Spirit at the top.

Short Answer Questions

1. In our consciousness we have ___________________ seeds, or roots that we can identify with mindfulness.

2. We need to do what to become free of perceptions and be able to see things as they are?

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

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

5. 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?

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