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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author compare with the rawness of a broken heart?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Bodhichitta.

2. What does Chodron argue happens when we harm others?
(a) We only feel momentary relief from our own struggle.
(b) We receive bad karma.
(c) We see ourselves in a negative light.
(d) We also harm ourselves.

3. Which of the following qualities is one of the five strengths?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Hope.
(c) Strong determination.
(d) Love.

4. How does Chodron define bravery?
(a) Not having self-deception.
(b) Loving freely.
(c) Avoiding reactions in relationships.
(d) Being in the present moment.

5. How does Chondron describe our "fundamental energy"?
(a) As "loving and generous at its very core."
(b) As "tender, wholesome and fresh."
(c) As "unpredictable, like a leaf on the wind."
(d) As "essentially good."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chodron suggest we cultivate bravery?

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

3. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?

4. How many stages does the formal practice of maitri have?

5. What is threefold purity?

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