View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Chodron recommend?
(a) Relax slowly into meditation, and it will be less strenuous on your body.
(b) Do not expect applause.
(c) Remember only positive moments from the past.
(d) Do not eat food that will make your mind race.

2. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."
(a) Increased tension.
(b) Self-aggression.
(c) Losing patience.
(d) Heartbreak.

3. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A true teacher.
(b) A master warrior.
(c) A truly centered person.
(d) A person who put love first.

4. What does Chodron claim we cultivate through making aspirations?
(a) Hope.
(b) Good health.
(c) Worldly ambition.
(d) Bravery.

5. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of change.
(b) Hope of fruition.
(c) Hope of growth.
(d) Hope of earning love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three difficulties does the slogan "train in three difficulties" encourage?

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

3. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?

4. How does the author claim that aspirations and affirmations differ?

5. What is the synonym for sitting mediation used by Chodron?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 364 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample