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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) Teaching.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Love.

2. What are the three lords of materialism?
(a) Ways we maintain an "illusion of security."
(b) Obstacles to achieving Nirvana.
(c) An attachment to status and material goods.
(d) Sins.

3. What advice did the author receive as a six year old?
(a) To have a clear mind by avoiding spicy foods.
(b) Not to let life harden her heart.
(c) To care for others in order to make her own life smoother.
(d) Not to listen to advice.

4. What insight did the woman give whom the author mentions is constantly on a diet?
(a) Some addictions are widely considered healthy.
(b) All addictions address the same emotional needs.
(c) Addictions temporarily relieve suffering.
(d) Addictions are divided along gender lines.

5. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?
(a) The workings of the ego.
(b) Love.
(c) The relationship between a student and teacher.
(d) Reincarnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?

2. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?

3. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?

4. What is the synonym for sitting mediation used by Chodron?

5. What are the three characteristics of human existence?

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