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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 does the yogi Patrul Rinpche suggest we do to arouse compassion?
(a) Relax our body in order to feel physically.
(b) Meditate on the feelings of others.
(c) Write letters to our enemies.
(d) Imagine ourselves in the place of someone in pain.

2. What is the final step of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Understanding that our own perspective is limited.
(b) Expanding our loving kindness to all others.
(c) Listening to our heart in total silence.
(d) Teaching others what we have learned.

3. In practicing compassion, who is the first person we aspire to feel compassion for?
(a) People we do not know.
(b) Our enemies.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Our families.

4. How many steps does the aspiration practice for compassion have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

5. What is the synonym for sitting mediation used by Chodron?
(a) Easy meditation.
(b) Mindfulness-awareness practice.
(c) Classic relaxation and meditation.
(d) Relaxed meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do we first practice Maitri on?

2. What does the author call "those who train wholeheartedly in awakening unconditional and relative bodhichitta"?

3. What are the four limitless qualities?

4. What is the "foundation" of bodhichitta training?

5. What is maitri called in the Shamhala teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is bodhichitta?

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

3. What does the Buddhist teaching tell us that all other beings have been over the course of many lifetimes?

4. What are the stages of the formal practice of loving-kindness?

5. Why does Chodron describe the experience of a young woman who was in a foreign country, surrounded by people throwing stones at her?

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

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

8. How did the nineteenth century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggest arousing compassion?

9. What is tonglen?

10. What does the slogan "train in three difficulties" mean?

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