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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Maitri?
(a) A Tibetan term for hope.
(b) Acceptance of ourselves.
(c) Full relaxation.
(d) Deep breath.

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

5. Which of the following does Chodron recommend?
(a) Do not eat food that will make your mind race.
(b) Relax slowly into meditation, and it will be less strenuous on your body.
(c) Remember only positive moments from the past.
(d) Do not expect applause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chodron claim is the most difficult step in any practice?

2. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?

3. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?

4. What poet does the author quote as saying, "If I don't get a vision on Desolation Peak, then my name ain't William Blake."

5. What are the three noble principles?

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