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

2. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Saints.
(c) True yogis.
(d) Winners.

3. What does the author claim that lojong slogans or the slogans of Atisha can help us do?
(a) Remember wisdom at emotional moments.
(b) Become a true warrior.
(c) Learn to meditate in less time than any other method.
(d) Understand the nature of love.

4. How does Chitta translate?
(a) As mind, heart, or attitude.
(b) As love, heart, and affection.
(c) As relaxation.
(d) As mind or thought.

5. 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) Hearing that it cured a man from an incurable illness.
(d) Learning how much money he could make from students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Chodron say that cultivating equanimity takes?

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

4. What relationship does Chodron claim we are predisposed to have with others?

5. How many stages are in the formal practice of tonglen?

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