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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 does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?
(a) Loving-kindness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Body aches.
(d) Freedom from emotion.

2. What is the third lord of materialism?
(a) The lord of convenience.
(b) The lord of mind.
(c) The lord of ambition.
(d) The lord of applause.

3. What does the author compare with the rawness of a broken heart?
(a) Yoga.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Bodhichitta.
(d) Nirvana.

4. Where did Atisha Dipankara take the bodhichitta teachings?
(a) From India to Latin America.
(b) From China to India.
(c) From Tibet to Japan.
(d) From India to Tibet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chodron, what two things do all those who set out on this path discover that we all have?

3. According to Chodron, what happens when we consciously try to fix faults in ourselves?

4. What is Maitri?

5. How does Chitta translate?

(see the answer key)

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