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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?
(a) The horror of causing a tragedy after the rush of anger was released.
(b) An inability to release her own emotional energy.
(c) A deep sadness stemming from her unmet need to be loved.
(d) Absolute disgust with another human being.

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

3. What does Chodron claim is the most difficult step in any practice?
(a) "Listening to a teacher, and admitting that we do not know our own way."
(b) "Aknowledging that we are all churned up."
(c) "Having the guts to experiment."
(d) "Allowing ourselves to begin something new."

4. What does the author claim is the gift of understanding that uncertainty is part of life?
(a) Knowing that nothing can be counted on saves us from disappointment.
(b) Knowing that even Nirvana is uncertain makes it all the more exciting for believers.
(c) Not believing that others can avioid uncertainty.
(d) Understanding that certainty is not necessary to find happiness.

5. Which of the following does the author warn that meditation can become when meditation practitioners do not pay attention to their negative emotions?
(a) Repression.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Wasted time.
(d) Hurtful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?

2. What are the four qualities of maitri?

3. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?

4. What are the three noble principles?

5. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."

(see the answer key)

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