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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?
(a) Relaxation.
(b) Aspiring.
(c) Reflexive listening.
(d) Generosity.

2. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Patience.
(c) Work.
(d) Effort.

3. What does Chodron warn that we become habituated to doing?
(a) "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."
(b) "Losing ourselves more and more, not even as we consider ourselves separate from others, but because we do this."
(c) "Reaching for something to ease the edginess of the moment."
(d) "As we look for comfort, we slowly slip into addictive behaviors that can destroy our lives."

4. What are the three noble principles?
(a) Meditate, exercise, and rest.
(b) Good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end.
(c) Confess your faults, move toward your fears, and release your expectations.
(d) Love, hope, and generosity.

5. What does the author argue that we do to sow the seeds of our own suffering?
(a) "Most of us believe that we are separate from others, and seek only our own good."
(b) "Most of us keep strengthening our negative habits."
(c) "Most of us fail to notice that the world is full of love."
(d) "Most of us focus our energies on problems."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?

2. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

3. How does Chondron describe our "fundamental energy"?

4. What does Chodron write about categorizing things into "for" and "against"?

5. What is the final of the five strengths?

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