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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many steps does the aspiration practice for compassion have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

2. What is the compassionate aspiration that the author begins with as she begins to teach?
(a) The desire to help all of her students to feel enough compassion for themselves that the students can reach Nirvana.
(b) The aspiration that her students enjoy their class as much as she enjoys teaching.
(c) The wish that her students can apply the teachings to free themselves and others from suffering.
(d) She expresses her wish to introduce her students to ideas that will open their minds to a new kind of Buddhist thought.

3. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?
(a) The horror of causing a tragedy after the rush of anger was released.
(b) A deep sadness stemming from her unmet need to be loved.
(c) An inability to release her own emotional energy.
(d) Absolute disgust with another human being.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chodron claim we cultivate through making aspirations?

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

3. What do vajrayana Buddhists claim is inherent in emotion?

4. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?

5. What does Chodron claim is our relationship to reaching out to others?

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