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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third lord of materialism?
(a) The lord of mind.
(b) The lord of applause.
(c) The lord of convenience.
(d) The lord of ambition.

2. What does the author cite Trungpa RInpoche as teaching?
(a) "Anger is natural, but not helpful."
(b) "There is no cure for hot and cold."
(c) "Everything has meaning."
(d) "Life is always best when you try to look on the bright side."

3. What is maitri called in the Shamhala teaching?
(a) "Avoiding hurting others to avoid feeling alone."
(b) "Learning through questions."
(c) "Placing our fearful mind in the cradle of loving kindness."
(d) "Being our own mother."

4. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A truly centered person.
(b) A master warrior.
(c) A true teacher.
(d) A person who put love first.

5. How do we begin to practice the four limitless qualities?
(a) We begin by wishing happiness for ourselves and our close circle, gradually widening the circle.
(b) We must believe in our own potential, and we may begin by creating a slogan that states what we want to embody.
(c) We study the holy books with our spiritual teachers, and once we understand these qualities, we begin to meditate on them.
(d) We try to love ourselves by making sure we are as comfortable as possible, and then try to help others be comfortable as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chodron suggest we cultivate bravery?

2. What does the author claim "cannot proliferate" without our thoughts?

3. Who did Atisha take with him from India to Tibet?

4. What does the author experience after finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing" another woman?

5. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the lojong teachings?

2. What does "of the two witnesses, hold the principal one" mean?

3. What aspiration is used in the practice of loving-kindness?

4. Why does the author include an anecdote about finding her boyfriend "passionately embracing another woman"?

5. What are the four limitless qualities?

6. Under what conditions does the author claim that people can "train" to be a warrior?

7. What ways does Chodron write that meditation can be misused?

8. What does Chodron write is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?

9. What do Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa have in common, according to Chodron?

10. What is the role of interconnectedness in the kind of training that Chodron proposes?

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