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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 is another term for the six strengths?
(a) Six palomitas.
(b) Six hearts.
(c) Six paramitas.
(d) Six senses.

2. What does the author compare with the rawness of a broken heart?
(a) Yoga.
(b) Bodhichitta.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) Meditation.

3. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Comfort orientation.
(c) Running late.
(d) Depression.

4. What did the cook from Gambo Alley who was miserable see as she walked unhappily?
(a) A eclipse.
(b) An unmarried and attractive man.
(c) A shooting star.
(d) A fox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chodron writes that, "All activities should be done with one intention." What is that intention?

2. What does the author claim that lojong slogans or the slogans of Atisha can help us do?

3. What are the four qualities of maitri?

4. What relationship does a Buddhist teaching claim that we have had with all others?

5. What is the name of the ship captain in traditional Buddhist stories?

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