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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is "sharing the heart"?
(a) A simple practice.
(b) An old Zen idea about how to improve our quality of life.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A Buddhist rule for all serious warriors.

3. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?
(a) Learning to Love.
(b) Finding Freedom.
(c) A story about Florida.
(d) A story about failure.

4. What does Chodron write we cannot do without loving-kindness for ourselves?
(a) We cannot be happy, and enjoy our own good fortune.
(b) We cannot give up control, or "truly understand" that the world is full of love.
(c) We cannot achieve our optimum physical health.
(d) It is difficult, "if not impossible," to love others.

5. Who did Atisha take with him from India to Tibet?
(a) His own spiritual teacher.
(b) The most annoying person he knew.
(c) His sick brother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which does Chodron consider more emotionally challenging: loving-kindness or compassion?

2. What are the three characteristics of human existence?

3. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?

4. How does Chodron view strength from a historical perspective?

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

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