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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chodron, what happens when we consciously try to fix faults in ourselves?
(a) We may have positive results, but they are uncertain.
(b) We can increase our suffering.
(c) We can hurt others.
(d) We are unable to access our feelings in a meaningful way.

2. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?
(a) We begin by wishing happiness for ourselves and our close circle, gradually widening the circle.
(b) We try to love ourselves by making sure we are as comfortable as possible, and then try to help others be comfortable as well.
(c) We must believe in our own potential, and we may begin by creating a slogan that states what we want to embody.
(d) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.

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

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

5. What does Chodron believe that the teaching of the three marks of existence can motivate us to do?
(a) "Understand the nature of love."
(b) "Stop struggling against the nature of reality."
(c) "Accept spiritual teachings."
(d) "Meditate well from the moment we begin."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the lojong teachings for?

2. What does the author claim that lojong slogans or the slogans of Atisha can help us do?

3. What is Maitri?

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 does Chodron recommend?

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