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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 call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?
(a) True yogis.
(b) Saints.
(c) Winners.
(d) Warriors.

2. What does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?
(a) Freedom from emotion.
(b) Loving-kindness.
(c) Body aches.
(d) Fear.

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

4. What three difficulties does the slogan "train in three difficulties" encourage?
(a) Not listening to spiritual teachers; feeling superior to others, identifying with material things; and focusing on emotional comfort.
(b) Meditation, generosity, and good health.
(c) Acknowledging our neurosis as neurosis; doing something different; and aspiring to continue practicing this way.
(d) Not insiting on permanence; loving onself; and loving others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?

2. What is the compassionate aspiration that the author begins with as she begins to teach?

3. What is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?

4. Which of the following does the author warn that meditation can become when meditation practitioners do not pay attention to their negative emotions?

5. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?

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