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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bodhi translate?
(a) As effort or work.
(b) As health.
(c) Awake, enlightened, or completely open.
(d) As dream, hope, and illusion.

3. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?
(a) A story about failure.
(b) A story about Florida.
(c) Finding Freedom.
(d) Learning to Love.

4. What does the author claim is the gift of understanding that uncertainty is part of life?
(a) Not believing that others can avioid uncertainty.
(b) Knowing that even Nirvana is uncertain makes it all the more exciting for believers.
(c) Understanding that certainty is not necessary to find happiness.
(d) Knowing that nothing can be counted on saves us from disappointment.

5. Where does the title of the book come from?
(a) A sacred scripture.
(b) A quote between a teacher and student.
(c) A quote from Ghandi.
(d) Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Albert Einstein claim was an illusion?

2. What advice did the author receive as a six year old?

3. What does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?

4. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?

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

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