1. What does the author recommend that we do with our sorrow?
(a) Master it in order to eliminate it.
(b) Sit with it.
(c) Try to change it.
(d) Fully focus on it in order to verbalize it.

2. What will happen if we "stay with" sorrow or pain?
(a) We will understand why we have so many psychological issues.
(b) We will feel lighter and more courageous.
(c) We will feel worse.
(d) We will have strengthened personal relationships.

3. What relationship does Chodron claim we are predisposed to have with others?
(a) Just as we connect with our caretakers in infancy, we would naturally connect with others if we remained egoless, but this is lost in early childhood.
(b) All beings are predisposed to waking up and reaching out to others.
(c) Though relationships are unnatural, and love does not always flow freely, we can nourish these sentiments.
(d) Relationships always take hard work, and we certainly are not predisposed to live easily with others.

4. Which does Chodron consider more emotionally challenging: loving-kindness or compassion?
(a) Compassion, because it involves looking at things in a new way.
(b) Loving-kindness, because people can be annoying.
(c) Compassion, because it involves feeling pain.
(d) Loving-kindness, because it is easy to want to retaliate.

5. Chodron writes that we should daily have the same commitment to what happens to us every day.
(a) "Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we should try to always be thankful for what we have."
(b) "We should always treat our lives as an experiment, and continue to try new things no matter how difficult it seems."
(c) "Whatever happens, our commitment is to use it to awaken our hearts."
(d) "Whatever happens to us on a day to day basis, we should recall that we direct our own lives, and we carry the responsibility for our circumstances."