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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 poet does the author quote as saying, "If I don't get a vision on Desolation Peak, then my name ain't William Blake."
(a) William Blake.
(b) Anne Sexton.
(c) John Billings.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

2. Where did Atisha Dipankara take the bodhichitta teachings?
(a) From China to India.
(b) From India to Latin America.
(c) From India to Tibet.
(d) From Tibet to Japan.

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

4. What does Chodron claim is the most difficult step in any practice?
(a) "Aknowledging that we are all churned up."
(b) "Allowing ourselves to begin something new."
(c) "Listening to a teacher, and admitting that we do not know our own way."
(d) "Having the guts to experiment."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?

2. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?

3. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?

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

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

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