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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?
(a) We try to love ourselves by making sure we are as comfortable as possible, and then try to help others be comfortable as well.
(b) We must believe in our own potential, and we may begin by creating a slogan that states what we want to embody.
(c) We begin by wishing happiness for ourselves and our close circle, gradually widening the circle.
(d) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.

2. Where did Atisha Dipankara take the bodhichitta teachings?
(a) From China to India.
(b) From India to Latin America.
(c) From Tibet to Japan.
(d) From India to Tibet.

3. What is threefold purity?
(a) Love, kindness, and hope.
(b) No big deal about the doer, the action, the result.
(c) Heart, mind, and hands.
(d) Peace, quiet, and goodness.

4. What tendency is comfort orientation based on?
(a) Overspending.
(b) Avoiding inconvenience.
(c) Being irresponsible.
(d) Hoping for the best.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "sharing the heart"?

2. What does the author claim that bodhichitta training unlocks?

3. What ritual did Trungpa Rinpoche teach Chodron could be enjoyed?

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

5. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?

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