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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bodhi translate?
(a) As dream, hope, and illusion.
(b) As health.
(c) Awake, enlightened, or completely open.
(d) As effort or work.

2. What is the fifth step in the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Going from a sitting to standing position.
(b) Teaching others about the process.
(c) Breathing deeply.
(d) Engendering kindness for our enemies.

3. What relationship does Chodron claim we are predisposed to have with others?
(a) All beings are predisposed to waking up and reaching out to others.
(b) Though relationships are unnatural, and love does not always flow freely, we can nourish these sentiments.
(c) Relationships always take hard work, and we certainly are not predisposed to live easily with others.
(d) Just as we connect with our caretakers in infancy, we would naturally connect with others if we remained egoless, but this is lost in early childhood.

4. What does Chodron claim we cultivate through making aspirations?
(a) Worldly ambition.
(b) Good health.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Hope.

5. How many near enemies of compassion are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does equanimity compare with our usual perspective?

2. What upset the woman who was always late in Chodron's story?

3. What role do questions play in training?

4. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?

5. How long does Chodron say that cultivating equanimity takes?

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