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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 compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?
(a) The workings of the ego.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) The relationship between a student and teacher.
(d) Love.

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

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

4. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?
(a) "The first."
(b) "The nearest."
(c) "The second."
(d) "The principal one."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare with the rawness of a broken heart?

2. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?

3. What does the author claim "cannot proliferate" without our thoughts?

4. What are the three lords of materialism?

5. How does the author characterize meditation?

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