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 loving-kindness?
(a) Attachment.
(b) Lust.
(c) Humor.
(d) Hope.

2. What does Chondron claim is required to forgive?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Spiritual teaching.
(d) Bravery.

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

4. What does Chodron write about "shoulds" and "should nots"?
(a) We should focus on the "shoulds," while avoiding "should nots."
(b) These are helpful.
(c) We should not see things in these categories.
(d) These are used by the weak, who have not trained as warriors.

5. What does Chodron write about categorizing things into "for" and "against"?
(a) Efficient.
(b) Making it more difficult to find joy.
(c) Narrowing the mind.
(d) Harder than focusing exclusively on the negative.

6. What will happen if we "stay with" sorrow or pain?
(a) We will feel lighter and more courageous.
(b) We will feel worse.
(c) We will understand why we have so many psychological issues.
(d) We will have strengthened personal relationships.

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following is a near enemy of compassion?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Greed.
(c) Pity.
(d) Hope.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the final of the five strengths?

3. What happens to equanimity when we can "dwell in the places that scare us"?

4. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?

5. What did the mother who wanted to help her heroin addicted son feel during her aspiration?

(see the answer keys)

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