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

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 begin by wishing happiness for ourselves and our close circle, gradually widening the circle.
(c) We must believe in our own potential, and we may begin by creating a slogan that states what we want to embody.
(d) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.

2. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?
(a) The urging of his own spiritual teacher.
(b) Learning how much money he could make from students.
(c) Seeing their effect on his brother.
(d) Hearing that it cured a man from an incurable illness.

3. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?
(a) An inability to release her own emotional energy.
(b) The horror of causing a tragedy after the rush of anger was released.
(c) A deep sadness stemming from her unmet need to be loved.
(d) Absolute disgust with another human being.

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

5. What is the third lord of materialism?
(a) The lord of ambition.
(b) The lord of mind.
(c) The lord of convenience.
(d) The lord of applause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chodron believe that the teaching of the three marks of existence can motivate us to do?

2. What are the four qualities of maitri?

3. What is the second of the three lords of materialism?

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

5. Why are students taught to bow to others and to objects in the Zen tradition?

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