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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 have a clear mind by avoiding spicy foods.
(b) To care for others in order to make her own life smoother.
(c) Not to let life harden her heart.
(d) Not to listen to advice.

2. What is maitri called in the Shamhala teaching?
(a) "Learning through questions."
(b) "Avoiding hurting others to avoid feeling alone."
(c) "Placing our fearful mind in the cradle of loving kindness."
(d) "Being our own mother."

3. Who did Atisha take with him from India to Tibet?
(a) His sick brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His own spiritual teacher.
(d) The most annoying person he knew.

4. What is the first lord of materialism?
(a) Function.
(b) Sensuality.
(c) Form.
(d) Personal style.

5. What does the author claim that thoughts become with time?
(a) "More and more separate from others."
(b) "Convoluted."
(c) "More and more clear."
(d) "100 percent believable."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim is the gift of understanding that uncertainty is part of life?

2. What are the lojong teachings for?

3. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?

4. Why does Chodron work with aspirations?

5. What are the four qualities of maitri?

(see the answer key)

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