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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 aspiration does Chodron recommend to cultivate love and joy?
(a) "May we all enjoy comfort and joy."
(b) "May I and others never be separated from the great happiness that is devoid of suffering."
(c) "May we never be separated from each other, and in our connection find joy and happiness."
(d) "May I and others find joy in our circumstances as they are."

2. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A person who put love first.
(b) A master warrior.
(c) A true teacher.
(d) A truly centered person.

3. What does the yogi Patrul Rinpche suggest we do to arouse compassion?
(a) Relax our body in order to feel physically.
(b) Meditate on the feelings of others.
(c) Write letters to our enemies.
(d) Imagine ourselves in the place of someone in pain.

4. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?
(a) Shared humanity.
(b) Joy.
(c) Stress.
(d) Humiliation.

5. What is the first stage of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Engendering loving-kindness for ourselves.
(b) Standing in the first yoga position.
(c) Closing our eyes, and taking a deep breath to relax the body.
(d) Decide that we will do no harm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim is the gift of understanding that uncertainty is part of life?

2. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?

3. What is the far enemy of loving-kindness?

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

5. What does the author claim "cannot proliferate" without our thoughts?

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