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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main point of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) To uncover the ability to love without bias.
(b) To withdraw from the noise of our daily lives.
(c) To love freely and ask nothing in return.
(d) To give up our independence to join a community.

2. 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) Not believing that others can avioid uncertainty.
(c) Understanding that certainty is not necessary to find happiness.
(d) Knowing that even Nirvana is uncertain makes it all the more exciting for believers.

3. 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) Wasted time.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Hurtful.

4. What are the lojong teachings for?
(a) Seeking spiritual guidance.
(b) Finding a good feeling.
(c) Training the mind.
(d) Opening the heart.

5. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?
(a) To let our guard down and better understand others.
(b) To eventually change our behavior.
(c) To connect to the Superego.
(d) To increase the hope in our lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?

2. What insight did the woman give whom the author mentions is constantly on a diet?

3. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?

4. What are the three lords of materialism?

5. What is Maitri?

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