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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 is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Love.
(d) Generosity.

2. Why does Chodron write that rejoicing in things takes courage?
(a) Because we have to drop our complaining.
(b) Because we have to create a new story of our lives.
(c) Because we have to imagine more possibilities for ourselves.
(d) Because we have to think consistently about one thing for longer than we are used to.

3. What is the "seed of goodness"?
(a) Hope and love.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Packets of seeds.
(d) Openness and tenderness.

4. What does the author cite Trungpa RInpoche as teaching?
(a) "Everything has meaning."
(b) "Life is always best when you try to look on the bright side."
(c) "Anger is natural, but not helpful."
(d) "There is no cure for hot and cold."

5. What is the far enemy of joy?
(a) Envy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."

2. What is the in-between state?

3. Who did Atisha take with him from India to Tibet?

4. Who or what does Chodron claim can help warriors-in-training?

5. What will happen if we "stay with" sorrow or pain?

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