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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Buddha teach groundlessness?
(a) The Firefly River.
(b) Vulture Peak Mountain.
(c) A beach.
(d) The Imperial Forest.

2. What is equanimity?
(a) Being okay.
(b) Creating a happy space.
(c) Being happy.
(d) Being sad.

3. Why are students taught to bow to others and to objects in the Zen tradition?
(a) To show humility.
(b) To show respect.
(c) To demonstrate their status.
(d) To demonstrate their devotion to others.

4. Which of the following does Chodron claim most of us are not satisfied to do?
(a) Retreat from the world.
(b) Long for company.
(c) Hope for change.
(d) Create a career in spiritualist practice.

5. How do we get beyond laziness to open ourselves to bodhichitta?
(a) Work with a teacher.
(b) Think positively.
(c) Meditation and other warrior practices.
(d) Physical excercise.

6. What ritual did Trungpa Rinpoche teach Chodron could be enjoyed?
(a) Setting the table.
(b) Making the bed.
(c) Cutting hair.
(d) Serving tea.

7. 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.

8. What did Geshe Ben do after a meal with his patrons?
(a) Got caught swimming in the pool.
(b) Was seen using the bathroom.
(c) Got caught with his hand in a flour bag.
(d) Was found cooking.

9. Who are the best teachers in teaching us to rejoice in the good fortune of others?
(a) Children.
(b) Difficult people.
(c) The elderly.
(d) People with power over us.

10. What is the near enemy of joyfulness?
(a) Over working.
(b) Overexcitement.
(c) Over planning.
(d) Overestimating.

11. What upset the woman who was always late in Chodron's story?
(a) When someone else was late.
(b) She wanted a raise, but her boss said she never arrived on time.
(c) Her food spoiled.
(d) Her daughter fell.

12. What is the near enemy of equanimity?
(a) Fear.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Worry.

13. What is the role of forgiveness in bodhichitta training?
(a) It is what warriors begin with, and can later leave behind.
(b) It is not important.
(c) It is an essential part of it.
(d) The author has concluded in recent years that it is very important.

14. How many near enemies of compassion are there?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

15. How many strengths does Chodron count in summarizing Chapter 15?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "seed of goodness"?

2. Which of the following qualities is one of the five strengths?

3. What is overwhelm?

4. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

5. What is the near enemy of loving-kindness?

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