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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the three noble principles?
(a) Confess your faults, move toward your fears, and release your expectations.
(b) Meditate, exercise, and rest.
(c) Good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end.
(d) Love, hope, and generosity.

2. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?
(a) Hearing that it cured a man from an incurable illness.
(b) The urging of his own spiritual teacher.
(c) Seeing their effect on his brother.
(d) Learning how much money he could make from students.

3. What is the fifth step in the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Breathing deeply.
(b) Teaching others about the process.
(c) Engendering kindness for our enemies.
(d) Going from a sitting to standing position.

4. How does Chondron describe our "fundamental energy"?
(a) As "unpredictable, like a leaf on the wind."
(b) As "loving and generous at its very core."
(c) As "essentially good."
(d) As "tender, wholesome and fresh."

5. How many stages are in the formal practice of tonglen?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim that lojong slogans or the slogans of Atisha can help us do?

2. Who did Atisha take with him from India to Tibet?

3. How does Chodron define bravery?

4. What does Chodron argue happens when we harm others?

5. Which does Chodron consider more emotionally challenging: loving-kindness or compassion?

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