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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of harmful conduct does the warrior avoid?
(a) Depression.
(b) Failure.
(c) Hopelessness.
(d) Nonvirtuous action.

2. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of fruition.
(b) Hope of change.
(c) Hope of growth.
(d) Hope of earning love.

3. 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) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Anne Sexton.
(d) William Blake.

4. What does tonglen literally mean?
(a) Selflessness.
(b) Materialism.
(c) Love.
(d) Sending and taking.

5. Chodron writes that we should daily have the same commitment to what happens to us every day.
(a) "We should always treat our lives as an experiment, and continue to try new things no matter how difficult it seems."
(b) "Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we should try to always be thankful for what we have."
(c) "Whatever happens to us on a day to day basis, we should recall that we direct our own lives, and we carry the responsibility for our circumstances."
(d) "Whatever happens, our commitment is to use it to awaken our hearts."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jarvis Masters?

2. What does Chodron warn that we become habituated to doing?

3. Which of the following does the author warn that meditation can become when meditation practitioners do not pay attention to their negative emotions?

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

5. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

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