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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 did the nineteenth century yogi Patrul Rinpiche suggest we do to train in compassion?
(a) Imagine beings in torment, and put yourself in their place.
(b) Understand that your problems are not the only ones in the world, and try to help those who are less fortunate.
(c) Try not to hurt others, but do not go out of your way to give when there is no hope of them being kind.
(d) Actively listen to others, and imagine how they must feel.

2. What is the final step of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Understanding that our own perspective is limited.
(b) Listening to our heart in total silence.
(c) Expanding our loving kindness to all others.
(d) Teaching others what we have learned.

3. What is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Love.
(d) Generosity.

4. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?
(a) Saints.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Winners.
(d) True yogis.

5. What are the three lords of materialism?
(a) Sins.
(b) Ways we maintain an "illusion of security."
(c) Obstacles to achieving Nirvana.
(d) An attachment to status and material goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?

2. What does Chodron write that a woman she knew did in traffic?

3. What is "sharing the heart"?

4. Why does Chodron work with aspirations?

5. What is the compassionate aspiration that the author begins with as she begins to teach?

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