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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the near enemy of equanimity?
(a) Worry.
(b) Fear.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Detachment.

2. What is the synonym for sitting mediation used by Chodron?
(a) Mindfulness-awareness practice.
(b) Classic relaxation and meditation.
(c) Easy meditation.
(d) Relaxed meditation.

3. What does tonglen literally mean?
(a) Sending and taking.
(b) Materialism.
(c) Selflessness.
(d) Love.

4. Who are the two witnesses that Chodron writes about?
(a) The male and female.
(b) The teacher and student.
(c) The self and other.
(d) The inner and outer critic.

5. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?
(a) Enlightenment can be achieved by everyone.
(b) We can all achieve enlightenment through the same method.
(c) Only by releasing the goal of achieving enlightenment is it achieved.
(d) We are never separated from enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the pirate's name in the traditional Buddhist story about a ship captain and a pirate?

4. What is "sharing the heart"?

5. How does the author characterize meditation?

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