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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 does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?
(a) Winners.
(b) True yogis.
(c) Saints.
(d) Warriors.

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

3. What is the second of the three lords of materialism?
(a) The lord of speech.
(b) The lord of competition.
(c) The lord of work.
(d) The lord of greed.

4. What are the three characteristics of human existence?
(a) Change, adaptation, and unsatisfied expectations.
(b) Impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.
(c) Mediocrity, disinterest, and distraction.
(d) Love, hope, and peace.

5. What is the first lord of materialism?
(a) Form.
(b) Function.
(c) Personal style.
(d) Sensuality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the author cite Trungpa RInpoche as teaching?

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

5. What is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?

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