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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chodron claim is the most difficult step in any practice?
(a) "Aknowledging that we are all churned up."
(b) "Allowing ourselves to begin something new."
(c) "Listening to a teacher, and admitting that we do not know our own way."
(d) "Having the guts to experiment."

2. How does Chodron define bravery?
(a) Loving freely.
(b) Being in the present moment.
(c) Avoiding reactions in relationships.
(d) Not having self-deception.

3. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?
(a) Love.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) The workings of the ego.
(d) The relationship between a student and teacher.

4. What does Chodron write we cannot do without loving-kindness for ourselves?
(a) We cannot be happy, and enjoy our own good fortune.
(b) It is difficult, "if not impossible," to love others.
(c) We cannot give up control, or "truly understand" that the world is full of love.
(d) We cannot achieve our optimum physical health.

5. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of growth.
(b) Hope of change.
(c) Hope of fruition.
(d) Hope of earning love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Albert Einstein claim was an illusion?

2. What is the final step of the formal practice of maitri?

3. Why can our good fortune be hard to miss?

4. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?

5. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?

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