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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chodron believe that we should do with the emotions related to our experiences?
(a) Pretend that we feel positive, until it becomes our true feeling.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Become intimate with them.
(d) We should notice the ways in which we can alter our circumstances to make ourselves happy.

2. What is the first step to an aspiration for joy and happiness?
(a) Staying with our meditative process.
(b) Enjoying our thoughts without any effort to change our circumstance.
(c) Enjoying our own good fortune.
(d) Avoiding protests.

3. How does equanimity compare with our usual perspective?
(a) It is happier.
(b) It is less happy.
(c) It is less confusing.
(d) It is bigger.

4. What is "sharing the heart"?
(a) A Buddhist rule for all serious warriors.
(b) A prayer.
(c) An old Zen idea about how to improve our quality of life.
(d) A simple practice.

5. What is lhenchak?
(a) Tibetan for "missed opportunity to feel love."
(b) Happiness.
(c) An Indian term for "practicality meeting creativity."
(d) A Tibetan term for how free-flowing love can go "astray."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chodron write that rejoicing in things takes courage?

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

3. What happened to the woman who gave a panhandler a bill outside of a store?

4. What three difficulties does the slogan "train in three difficulties" encourage?

5. What helps teach us the four qualities of maitri?

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