The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times Test | Final Test - Easy

Pema Chödrön
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jarvis Masters?
(a) Chodron's former boyfriend.
(b) A bank robber that Chodron read about.
(c) A man who was on death row.
(d) A comedian.

3. What does Chodron write that a woman she knew did in traffic?
(a) A daily negativity "detox."
(b) "Traffic of tonglen."
(c) "Sitting commute meditation."
(d) A consistent 45 minute formal aspiration practice.

4. What did Trungpa Rinpoche say his students should do instead of listening to the radio?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Sit.
(d) Talk to their ego.

5. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?
(a) Productivity.
(b) Hope.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Forgiveness.

6. What does Chondron claim is the essence of generosity?
(a) Hope.
(b) Working.
(c) Feeling alone, and moving beyond it.
(d) Letting go.

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

8. What happened to the woman who gave a panhandler a bill outside of a store?
(a) He came to her aid when she had a heart attack.
(b) Her husband was passing by and saw this.
(c) He told her she may have given him too much.
(d) He fell down and she had to care for him.

9. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Blocked feelings.
(c) Bodhichitta.
(d) Loss of heart.

10. What happens to equanimity when we can "dwell in the places that scare us"?
(a) It becomes part of our everyday life.
(b) It becomes unshakable.
(c) It is something we no longer have to consider.
(d) It decreases.

11. What is prajnaparamita?
(a) Unconditional bodhichitta.
(b) The source of maitri.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Goodness.

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

13. What is the near enemy of loving-kindness?
(a) Attachment.
(b) Humor.
(c) Lust.
(d) Hope.

14. What sense is associated with "loss of heart"?
(a) "I want my mommy."
(b) "Poor me."
(c) "Life stinks."
(d) "Screw everyone."

15. Chodron writes that, "All activities should be done with one intention." What is that intention?
(a) To realize our connection with all beings.
(b) To live in the present.
(c) To act from love.
(d) To live like today is our last day on the planet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Chodron say that cultivating equanimity takes?

3. What would Chodron like us to see about being in a raft that has disintegrated?

4. What is most important in doing good deeds?

5. What is lhenchak?

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