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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Love.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Generosity.

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) Losing patience.
(b) Heartbreak.
(c) Self-aggression.
(d) Increased tension.

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."
(a) John Billings.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Anne Sexton.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?
(a) Winners.
(b) Saints.
(c) True yogis.
(d) Warriors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Chitta translate?

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

4. How does Chondron describe our "fundamental energy"?

5. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?

(see the answer key)

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