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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?
(a) "The nearest."
(b) "The first."
(c) "The principal one."
(d) "The second."

2. What does Chodron warn that we become habituated to doing?
(a) "Losing ourselves more and more, not even as we consider ourselves separate from others, but because we do this."
(b) "By trying to please others, we can gain relief from the pressures we create for ourselves, but become so used to it that we lose our sense of what we want in life."
(c) "Reaching for something to ease the edginess of the moment."
(d) "As we look for comfort, we slowly slip into addictive behaviors that can destroy our lives."

3. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?
(a) Chodron.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Mother Teresa.
(d) Martin Luther King.

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

5. What is Maitri?
(a) A Tibetan term for hope.
(b) Acceptance of ourselves.
(c) Full relaxation.
(d) Deep breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chodron believe that the teaching of the three marks of existence can motivate us to do?

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

3. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?

4. What are the four qualities of maitri?

5. What is the compassionate aspiration that the author begins with as she begins to teach?

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