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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first lord of materialism?
(a) Sensuality.
(b) Personal style.
(c) Form.
(d) Function.

2. What is equanimity?
(a) Being sad.
(b) Being okay.
(c) Creating a happy space.
(d) Being happy.

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

4. Why does Chodron write that rejoicing in things takes courage?
(a) Because we have to drop our complaining.
(b) Because we have to imagine more possibilities for ourselves.
(c) Because we have to think consistently about one thing for longer than we are used to.
(d) Because we have to create a new story of our lives.

5. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A master warrior.
(b) A person who put love first.
(c) A truly centered person.
(d) A true teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does tonglen literally mean?

2. What does Chodron claim is our relationship to reaching out to others?

3. Why does Chodron claim that the practice of bodhichitta increases our joy?

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

5. 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?

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