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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chodron write that she got her idea of what was real as she grew up in the 1950s?
(a) Television.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Her family.

2. What happened to the woman who gave a panhandler a bill outside of a store?
(a) He fell down and she had to care for him.
(b) He told her she may have given him too much.
(c) He came to her aid when she had a heart attack.
(d) Her husband was passing by and saw this.

3. 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) Acknowledging our neurosis as neurosis; doing something different; and aspiring to continue practicing this way.
(c) Not insiting on permanence; loving onself; and loving others.
(d) Meditation, generosity, and good health.

4. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."
(a) Increased tension.
(b) Heartbreak.
(c) Losing patience.
(d) Self-aggression.

5. Which of the following is a near enemy of compassion?
(a) Pity.
(b) Hope.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chondron describe our "fundamental energy"?

2. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

3. What does Chodron claim undermines our wakeful energy?

4. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

5. How many near enemies of compassion are there?

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