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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the final of the five strengths?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Hope.
(c) Aspiration.
(d) Love.
2. What is overwhelm?
(a) "A sense of helplessness."
(b) Boredom.
(c) "A holier-than-thou attitude."
(d) Resentment.
3. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Comfort orientation.
(b) Lack of sleep.
(c) Depression.
(d) Running late.
4. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Bodhichitta.
(c) Blocked feelings.
(d) Loss of heart.
5. What is strong determination?
(a) A determination to respect "whatever life brings."
(b) A desire to enjoy "full personal responsibility for our own happiness."
(c) Our desire to feel joy.
(d) Our determination to be good people, and act responsibly in the world.
6. What is the near enemy of loving-kindness?
(a) Hope.
(b) Humor.
(c) Lust.
(d) Attachment.
7. Which of the following is a near enemy of compassion?
(a) Pity.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Hope.
(d) Greed.
8. What is prajnaparamita?
(a) Happiness.
(b) The source of maitri.
(c) Unconditional bodhichitta.
(d) Goodness.
9. How does Chodron define bravery?
(a) Being in the present moment.
(b) Loving freely.
(c) Avoiding reactions in relationships.
(d) Not having self-deception.
10. What is the "seed of goodness"?
(a) Packets of seeds.
(b) Hope and love.
(c) Openness and tenderness.
(d) Fatigue.
11. What kind of harmful conduct does the warrior avoid?
(a) Nonvirtuous action.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Failure.
(d) Depression.
12. What does Chodron write that a woman she knew did in traffic?
(a) "Traffic of tonglen."
(b) "Sitting commute meditation."
(c) A consistent 45 minute formal aspiration practice.
(d) A daily negativity "detox."
13. How does equanimity compare with our usual perspective?
(a) It is less happy.
(b) It is bigger.
(c) It is less confusing.
(d) It is happier.
14. What is the gentlest method of reproach?
(a) To ask, "Have I ever done this before?"
(b) To ask, "What do I want in my life?"
(c) To ask, "Why am I here?"
(d) To ask, "Who really supports me?"
15. What does Chodron write that her friend thought when he heard a woman screaming on the street?
(a) "What can I do?"
(b) "I don't care."
(c) "Better her than me."
(d) "What is happening?"
Short Answer Questions
1. What upset the woman who was always late in Chodron's story?
2. What is threefold purity?
3. What is the pirate's name in the traditional Buddhist story about a ship captain and a pirate?
4. What sense is associated with "loss of heart"?
5. What is the first step to an aspiration for joy and happiness?
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