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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Joy.
(c) Shared humanity.
(d) Stress.

2. 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) "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."
(d) "Reaching for something to ease the edginess of the moment."

3. What is the first stage of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Decide that we will do no harm.
(b) Engendering loving-kindness for ourselves.
(c) Standing in the first yoga position.
(d) Closing our eyes, and taking a deep breath to relax the body.

4. What is the main point of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) To withdraw from the noise of our daily lives.
(b) To uncover the ability to love without bias.
(c) To love freely and ask nothing in return.
(d) To give up our independence to join a community.

5. What does the author claim that bodhichitta training unlocks?
(a) The four limitless qualities.
(b) Our own deepest needs.
(c) Our feeling of happiness.
(d) Our innate ability to relax.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Chodron work with aspirations?

4. What did the nineteenth century yogi Patrul Rinpiche suggest we do to train in compassion?

5. What does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?

(see the answer key)

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