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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many near enemies of compassion are there?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What are the three characteristics of human existence?
(a) Mediocrity, disinterest, and distraction.
(b) Impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.
(c) Love, hope, and peace.
(d) Change, adaptation, and unsatisfied expectations.

3. What is the final of the five strengths?
(a) Hope.
(b) Aspiration.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Love.

4. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?
(a) Seeing their effect on his brother.
(b) The urging of his own spiritual teacher.
(c) Learning how much money he could make from students.
(d) Hearing that it cured a man from an incurable illness.

5. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?
(a) To increase the hope in our lives.
(b) To let our guard down and better understand others.
(c) To eventually change our behavior.
(d) To connect to the Superego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?

2. What is prajnaparamita?

3. Why can our good fortune be hard to miss?

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

5. What is the third lord of materialism?

(see the answer key)

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