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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 is the first lord of materialism?
(a) Function.
(b) Sensuality.
(c) Personal style.
(d) Form.

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

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

4. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?
(a) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.
(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 try to love ourselves by making sure we are as comfortable as possible, and then try to help others be comfortable as well.

5. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of growth.
(b) Hope of fruition.
(c) Hope of change.
(d) Hope of earning love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."

2. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?

3. What are the three characteristics of human existence?

4. What poet does the author quote as saying, "If I don't get a vision on Desolation Peak, then my name ain't William Blake."

5. What is Maitri?

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