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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chitta translate?
(a) As mind, heart, or attitude.
(b) As relaxation.
(c) As mind or thought.
(d) As love, heart, and affection.

2. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A truly centered person.
(b) A person who put love first.
(c) A true teacher.
(d) A master warrior.

3. What does the author recommend that we do with our sorrow?
(a) Master it in order to eliminate it.
(b) Sit with it.
(c) Fully focus on it in order to verbalize it.
(d) Try to change it.

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

5. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?
(a) Only by releasing the goal of achieving enlightenment is it achieved.
(b) We can all achieve enlightenment through the same method.
(c) We are never separated from enlightenment.
(d) Enlightenment can be achieved by everyone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?

4. How does Bodhi translate?

5. 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?

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