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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does bodhisattva training encourage us to be involved with life?
(a) To analyze our involvement.
(b) To become passionatly involved.
(c) To keep our bodies and minds pure.
(d) To search for more and more ways to find joy for ourselves and others.

2. What are the three characteristics of human existence?
(a) Love, hope, and peace.
(b) Mediocrity, disinterest, and distraction.
(c) Change, adaptation, and unsatisfied expectations.
(d) Impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.

3. What poet does the author quote as saying, "If I don't get a vision on Desolation Peak, then my name ain't William Blake."
(a) Anne Sexton.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) John Billings.

4. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?
(a) Teach us to expect the unexpected.
(b) Teach us to live within our means.
(c) Fortify our relationships.
(d) Take us beyond our fear of letting go.

5. Why does the author encourage readers to question the "strategies of the ego"?
(a) To let our guard down and better understand others.
(b) To eventually change our behavior.
(c) To connect to the Superego.
(d) To increase the hope in our lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the cook from Gambo Alley who was miserable see as she walked unhappily?

2. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?

3. What is the "seed of goodness"?

4. What does Chodron claim undermines our wakeful energy?

5. What is the first step to an aspiration for joy and happiness?

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