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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice did the author receive as a six year old?
(a) To care for others in order to make her own life smoother.
(b) Not to let life harden her heart.
(c) To have a clear mind by avoiding spicy foods.
(d) Not to listen to advice.

2. What is the fifth step in the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Going from a sitting to standing position.
(b) Breathing deeply.
(c) Teaching others about the process.
(d) Engendering kindness for our enemies.

3. Who is Jarvis Masters?
(a) A bank robber that Chodron read about.
(b) A man who was on death row.
(c) Chodron's former boyfriend.
(d) A comedian.

4. What did Albert Einstein claim was an illusion?
(a) Our fears.
(b) The idea of hate.
(c) Our separateness from others.
(d) The universe.

5. What is the far enemy of joy?
(a) Envy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is threefold purity?

3. What is "sharing the heart"?

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

5. What ritual did Trungpa Rinpoche teach Chodron could be enjoyed?

(see the answer key)

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