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

2. 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.

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

4. What does the author cite Trungpa RInpoche as teaching?
(a) "Everything has meaning."
(b) "Anger is natural, but not helpful."
(c) "There is no cure for hot and cold."
(d) "Life is always best when you try to look on the bright side."

5. What did Albert Einstein claim was an illusion?
(a) Our fears.
(b) The idea of hate.
(c) Our separateness from others.
(d) The universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first lord of materialism?

2. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?

3. What helps teach us the four qualities of maitri?

4. What does the author claim that bodhichitta training unlocks?

5. Where does the title of the book come from?

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