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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. Hanh feels we need to be mindful of what?
(a) Our thoughts.
(b) Our actions.
(c) Our words.
(d) Our well-being and happiness.

2. Mindful breathing helps us find what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Strength.
(c) Peace and solidity.
(d) Control.

3. Are suffering and joy both impermanent?
(a) Usually.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Rarely.

4. In the first stage of the Third Noble Truth, of what are we not aware?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Freedom and happiness.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Love.

5. Right Diligence or Effort involves what?
(a) Watching the behavior of others.
(b) Preventing unwholesome seeds and returning them, finding ways to water and nourish the wholesome seeds that have already risen.
(c) Acting appropriately.
(d) Focusing on Right Thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. "To practice social justice and non-exploitation, we have to use __________________."

2. We must practice what to understand the Four Noble Truths?

3. 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.

4. What is Smriti?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What comes with right diligence and mindfulness training?

2. What is the Fourth Mindfulness Training?

3. What is Right Mindfulness?

4. What is Right Diligence or Effort?

5. What leads to the path of Right Action?

6. What is selective concentration?

7. What does the author say about the Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness?

8. What are the four nutriments? Describe these nutriments.

9. What is the fifth Mindfulness training? What does Hanh say about alcohol in this section?

10. What does Buddha think of perception?

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