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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 does the author claim that bodhichitta training unlocks?
(a) Our feeling of happiness.
(b) Our innate ability to relax.
(c) The four limitless qualities.
(d) Our own deepest needs.

2. According to Chodron, what happens when we consciously try to fix faults in ourselves?
(a) We may have positive results, but they are uncertain.
(b) We can hurt others.
(c) We are unable to access our feelings in a meaningful way.
(d) We can increase our suffering.

3. What are the four limitless qualities?
(a) Material things, ideas, barriers of the self, and barriers of others.
(b) Hope, generosity, love, and relaxation.
(c) Change, Suffering, discomfort, and lack.
(d) Loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

4. What does the author compare with the rawness of a broken heart?
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Bodhichitta.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Yoga.

5. What is the third lord of materialism?
(a) The lord of convenience.
(b) The lord of mind.
(c) The lord of ambition.
(d) The lord of applause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?

2. Where does Chodron write that she got her idea of what was real as she grew up in the 1950s?

3. What three difficulties does the slogan "train in three difficulties" encourage?

4. How does Chitta translate?

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

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