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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author characterize meditation?
(a) As a great way to increase productivity,
(b) As the only path to a life free from suffering.
(c) As difficult but rewarding.
(d) As simple and fun.

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

3. What are the lojong teachings for?
(a) Training the mind.
(b) Finding a good feeling.
(c) Seeking spiritual guidance.
(d) Opening the heart.

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

5. According to Chodron, what two things do all those who set out on this path discover that we all have?
(a) Neurosis and wisdom.
(b) Anxiety and attention problems.
(c) Changing emotions and difficulty focusing.
(d) Difficulty in life and diminished hope for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insight did the woman give whom the author mentions is constantly on a diet?

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

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

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

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

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