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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insight did the woman give whom the author mentions is constantly on a diet?
(a) All addictions address the same emotional needs.
(b) Some addictions are widely considered healthy.
(c) Addictions temporarily relieve suffering.
(d) Addictions are divided along gender lines.

2. Who are the two witnesses that Chodron writes about?
(a) The inner and outer critic.
(b) The teacher and student.
(c) The male and female.
(d) The self and other.

3. What did Albert Einstein claim was an illusion?
(a) The universe.
(b) Our separateness from others.
(c) The idea of hate.
(d) Our fears.

4. What does the author recommend that we do with our sorrow?
(a) Fully focus on it in order to verbalize it.
(b) Master it in order to eliminate it.
(c) Sit with it.
(d) Try to change it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?

3. What is the first lord of materialism?

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

5. What are the four qualities of maitri?

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