1. What are the four qualities of maitri?
(a) Hope, relaxation, aspiration, and generosity.
(b) Our innate talents, meditation, generosity, and kindness.
(c) Frivolity, materialism, self-absorption, and disinterest in others.
(d) Steadfastness, clear seeing, experiencing our emotional distress, and attention to the present moment..

2. What is the compassionate aspiration that the author begins with as she begins to teach?
(a) The aspiration that her students enjoy their class as much as she enjoys teaching.
(b) The wish that her students can apply the teachings to free themselves and others from suffering.
(c) The desire to help all of her students to feel enough compassion for themselves that the students can reach Nirvana.
(d) She expresses her wish to introduce her students to ideas that will open their minds to a new kind of Buddhist thought.

3. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."
(a) Self-aggression.
(b) Losing patience.
(c) Heartbreak.
(d) Increased tension.

4. What three difficulties does the slogan "train in three difficulties" encourage?
(a) Not listening to spiritual teachers; feeling superior to others, identifying with material things; and focusing on emotional comfort.
(b) Not insiting on permanence; loving onself; and loving others.
(c) Acknowledging our neurosis as neurosis; doing something different; and aspiring to continue practicing this way.
(d) Meditation, generosity, and good health.

5. What are the lojong teachings for?
(a) Opening the heart.
(b) Finding a good feeling.
(c) Training the mind.
(d) Seeking spiritual guidance.