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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many have embraced suffering for two thousand years as the primary principle of Buddhism, but Buddha taught us to recognize what and suffering?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pain.

2. Finding a way to earn a living that does not conflict with love and compassion can do what?
(a) Either bring pain or fear.
(b) Bring joy and peace.
(c) Bring peace and quiet.
(d) Either bring joy or suffering.

3. What is selective concentration?
(a) Focusing on one object, ignoring everything else.
(b) We accept some of what comes our way.
(c) We accept little of what comes our way.
(d) We accept whatever comes along, dwelling in the present and remaining clear.

4. What is the Seventh Miracle of Mindfulness?
(a) Transformation of our suffering as well as the suffering of the world.
(b) Forgiving.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Believing.

5. Holiness is within us when?
(a) We die.
(b) We live in harmony.
(c) We arrive at nirvana.
(d) We are born.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Bodhichitta" is what?

2. Looking deeply in meditation is important, but what else is fundamental?

3. Hanh suggests what to remind us to use right speech on the telephone?

4. What does it mean to look deeply?

5. What is an example of a seed of unwholesome quality?

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