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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?
(a) Mother Teresa.
(b) Chodron.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Martin Luther King.

2. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?
(a) "The first."
(b) "The second."
(c) "The nearest."
(d) "The principal one."

3. Where does Chodron write that she got her idea of what was real as she grew up in the 1950s?
(a) Church.
(b) Television.
(c) School.
(d) Her family.

4. What happens to equanimity when we can "dwell in the places that scare us"?
(a) It is something we no longer have to consider.
(b) It decreases.
(c) It becomes part of our everyday life.
(d) It becomes unshakable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chondron claim is required to forgive?

2. Who is Jarvis Masters?

3. Why does Chodron claim that the practice of bodhichitta increases our joy?

4. Which of the following qualities is one of the five strengths?

5. What does Chodron believe that we should do with the emotions related to our experiences?

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