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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 Chodron warn that we become habituated to doing?
(a) "As we look for comfort, we slowly slip into addictive behaviors that can destroy our lives."
(b) "Losing ourselves more and more, not even as we consider ourselves separate from others, but because we do this."
(c) "Reaching for something to ease the edginess of the moment."
(d) "By trying to please others, we can gain relief from the pressures we create for ourselves, but become so used to it that we lose our sense of what we want in life."

2. Who are the two witnesses that Chodron writes about?
(a) The male and female.
(b) The teacher and student.
(c) The inner and outer critic.
(d) The self and other.

3. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?
(a) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.
(b) We begin by wishing happiness for ourselves and our close circle, gradually widening the circle.
(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 try to love ourselves by making sure we are as comfortable as possible, and then try to help others be comfortable as well.

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

5. Which of the following does the author warn that meditation can become when meditation practitioners do not pay attention to their negative emotions?
(a) Repression.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Hurtful.
(d) Wasted time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?

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

3. What are the three noble principles?

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

5. What does Chodron believe that the teaching of the three marks of existence can motivate us to do?

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