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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 does Chodron recommend?
(a) Relax slowly into meditation, and it will be less strenuous on your body.
(b) Do not eat food that will make your mind race.
(c) Do not expect applause.
(d) Remember only positive moments from the past.

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

3. What does Chodron claim we cultivate through making aspirations?
(a) Worldly ambition.
(b) Good health.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Hope.

4. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of earning love.
(b) Hope of fruition.
(c) Hope of growth.
(d) Hope of change.

5. What did Trungpa Rinpoche say his students should do instead of listening to the radio?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Talk to their ego.
(c) Meditate.
(d) Sit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is prajnaparamita?

2. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?

3. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?

4. What does Chodron write we cannot do without loving-kindness for ourselves?

5. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?

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